diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.sgml
index 22726b5503..5cfcc52f2c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.sgml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     </authorgroup>
   </chapterinfo>
 
-  <title>Installing &os;&nbsp;9.<replaceable>x</replaceable> and
+  <title>Installing &os;&nbsp;9.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and
     Later</title>
 
   <sect1 id="bsdinstall-synopsis">
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
index 16f2f09007..6e43a0518a 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <!-- January 2000 -->
   </chapterinfo>
 
-  <title>Installing &os;&nbsp;8.<replaceable>x</replaceable> and Earlier</title>
+  <title>Installing &os;&nbsp;8.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and Earlier</title>
 
   <sect1 id="install-synopsis">
     <title>Synopsis</title>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
index 2e8e44e34d..68cc6abf5c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
@@ -547,16 +547,20 @@
 	for messages while the kernel is booting, or use the
 	<command>/sbin/dmesg</command> command to replay the kernel's boot
 	messages.  In particular, look for messages that start with the
-	characters <literal>sio</literal>.</para>
+	characters <literal>uart</literal> if you use &os;&nbsp;8.0 or
+	higher, or <literal>sio</literal> for &os;&nbsp;7.2 or older.</para>
 
       <tip><para>To view just the messages that have the word
-	<literal>sio</literal>, use the command:</para>
+	<literal>uart</literal> or <literal>sio</literal> depending on the
+	installed version of &os;, use the commands:</para>
 
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/dmesg | grep 'sio'</userinput></screen>
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/dmesg | grep 'uart'</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/dmesg | grep 'sio'</userinput></screen>
       </tip>
 
-      <para>For example, on a system with four serial ports, these are the
-	serial-port specific kernel boot messages:</para>
+      <para>For example, on a &os;&nbsp;7.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
+	system with four serial ports, these are the serial-port specific
+	kernel boot messages:</para>
 
       <screen>sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
 sio0: type 16550A