diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
index 8a0a66db89..c85376c1e0 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
@@ -658,8 +658,11 @@ ifconfig_fxp0="inet 10.1.1.1/8"</programlisting>
 
       <para>The drivers for common <acronym>NIC</acronym>s are
 	already present in the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel,
-	meaning the <acronym>NIC</acronym> should show up during boot.
-	In this example, two <acronym>NIC</acronym>s using the
+	meaning the <acronym>NIC</acronym> should be probed during boot.
+	The system's boot messages can be viewed by typing
+	<command>more /var/run/dmesg.boot</command> and using the
+	spacebar to scroll through the text.  In this example, two
+	Ethernet <acronym>NIC</acronym>s using the
 	&man.dc.4; driver are present on the system:</para>
 
       <screen>dc0: &lt;82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX&gt; port 0xa000-0xa0ff mem 0xd3800000-0xd38