diff --git a/handbook/handbook.sgml b/handbook/handbook.sgml
index 32edaa1ccd..9ef42f4f4b 100644
--- a/handbook/handbook.sgml
+++ b/handbook/handbook.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: handbook.sgml,v 1.52 1996-07-29 07:15:56 jkh Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: handbook.sgml,v 1.53 1996-08-09 15:33:27 jfieber Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN" [
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 <!ENTITY % sections SYSTEM "sections.sgml">
 %sections;
 
+<!-- The curerntly released version of FreeBSD -->
+<!ENTITY rel.current CDATA "2.1.5">
+
 ]>
 
 <linuxdoc>
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@
 
 <abstract>Welcome to FreeBSD!  This handbook covers the
 installation and day to day use of <bf>FreeBSD Release
-2.1.5</bf>. 
+&rel.current;</bf>. 
 
 This manual is a <bf>work in progress</bf> and is the
 work of many individuals.  Many sections do not yet exist
diff --git a/handbook/install.sgml b/handbook/install.sgml
index 33718ee810..5ebd985292 100644
--- a/handbook/install.sgml
+++ b/handbook/install.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.32 1996-07-25 13:12:25 jfieber Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.33 1996-08-09 15:33:31 jfieber Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <!--
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 	  (IRQ) and IO port addresses. </item>
 
       <item>Download the <url
-	  url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp"
+	  url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/&rel.current;-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp"
 	  name="installation boot disk image"> file to your hard
 	  drive, and be sure to tell your browser to
 	  <em>save</em> rather than <em>display</em>.
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) dist1 .. dist2
 
 	    In order for NFS installation to work, the server
 	    must support subdir mounts, e.g., if your FreeBSD
-	    2.1 distribution directory lives on:
+	    &rel.current; distribution directory lives on:
 	    <bf>ziggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD</bf> Then ziggy will have
 	    to allow the direct mounting of
 	    <bf>/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD</bf>, not just <bf>/usr</bf> or
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) dist1 .. dist2
 
 	  <p>FTP installation may be done from any mirror site
 	    containing a reasonably up-to-date version of FreeBSD
-	    2.1.  A full menu of reasonable choices from almost
+	    &rel.current;.  A full menu of reasonable choices from almost
 	    anywhere in the world is provided by the FTP site
 	    menu.
 
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) dist1 .. dist2
 	    of a name server:
 
 <tscreen><verb>
-ftp://192.216.222.4/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE
+ftp://192.216.222.4/pub/FreeBSD/&rel.current;-RELEASE
 </verb></tscreen>
         
 	    There are two FTP installation modes you can use: