diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
index d6228f3562..9140c74edc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -2773,12 +2773,14 @@ File: +DESC (ignored)</screen>
 
       <qandaentry>
         <question id="es1370-silent-pcm">
-          <para>Workarounds for no sound from es1370 with &man.pcm.4; driver?</para>
+          <para>Workarounds for no sound from my &man.pcm.4; sound
+            card?</para>
         </question>
 
         <answer>
-          <para>You can run the following command every time the machine
-            booted up:</para>
+          <para>Some sound cards, such as the es1370, set their output
+            volume to 0 at every boot.  Run the following command
+            every time the machine boots:</para>
 
           <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mixer pcm 100 vol 100 cd 100</userinput></screen>
         </answer>