diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml
index 28686305e4..0218f9d96c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml
@@ -1874,12 +1874,31 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
 	    now that the new world is on disk.</para>
 	</listitem>
 
+	<listitem>
+	  <para><command>make
+	      <maketarget>delete-old</maketarget></command></para>
+
+	  <para>This target deletes old (obsolete) files.  This is important
+	    because sometimes they cause problems if left on the disk, for
+	    example the presence of the old <filename>utmp.h</filename>
+	    causes problems in some ports when the new
+	    <filename>utmpx.h</filename> is installed.</para>
+	</listitem>
+
 	<listitem>
 	  <para>Reboot.</para>
 
 	  <para>A full machine reboot is needed now to load the new
 	    kernel and new world with new configuration files.</para>
 	</listitem>
+
+	<listitem>
+	  <para><command>make <maketarget>delete-old-libs</maketarget></command></para>
+
+	  <para>Remove any obsolete libraries to avoid conflicts with newer
+	    ones.  Make sure that all ports have been rebuilt
+	    before old libraries are removed.</para>
+	</listitem>
       </orderedlist>
 
       <para>Upgrades from one release of the same &os; branch to a
@@ -1935,7 +1954,9 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/src</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>make installworld</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>mergemaster</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>reboot</userinput></screen>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>make delete-old</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>reboot</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>make delete-old-libs</userinput></screen>
 
       <warning>
 	<title>Read Further Explanations</title>
@@ -2640,11 +2661,10 @@ Script done, &hellip;</screen>
 	  </author>
 	</authorgroup>
       </sect2info>
-      <title>Deleting Obsolete Files, Directories and Libraries</title>
+      <title>Deleting Obsolete Files and Directories</title>
 
       <indexterm>
-	<primary>Deleting obsolete files, directories and
-	  libraries</primary>
+	<primary>Deleting obsolete files and directories</primary>
       </indexterm>
 
       <para>As a part of the &os; development lifecycle, files and their
@@ -2663,15 +2683,14 @@ Script done, &hellip;</screen>
 	The following instructions should be used to remove obsolete
 	files during the system upgrade process.</para>
 
-      <para>Follow the steps outlined in <xref
-	  linkend="canonical-build"/>.  After the
-	<command>make <maketarget>installworld</maketarget></command>
+      <para>After the <command>make
+	<maketarget>installworld</maketarget></command>
 	and the subsequent <command>mergemaster</command> have finished
 	successfully, check for obsolete files and libraries as
 	follows:</para>
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/src</userinput>
-  &prompt.root; <userinput>make check-old</userinput></screen>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>make check-old</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>If any obsolete files are found, they can be deleted using
 	the following command:</para>
@@ -2705,7 +2724,7 @@ Script done, &hellip;</screen>
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>shutdown -r now</userinput></screen>
     </sect2>
 
-    <sect2>
+    <sect2 id="make-delete-old-libs">
       <title>Deleting obsolete libraries</title>
 
       <warning>
@@ -2729,7 +2748,7 @@ Script done, &hellip;</screen>
 	causing messages like these:</para>
 
       <screen>/usr/bin/ld: warning: libz.so.4, needed by /usr/local/lib/libtiff.so, may conflict with libz.so.5
-  /usr/bin/ld: warning: librpcsvc.so.4, needed by /usr/local/lib/libXext.so, may conflict with librpcsvc.so.5</screen>
+/usr/bin/ld: warning: librpcsvc.so.4, needed by /usr/local/lib/libXext.so, may conflict with librpcsvc.so.5</screen>
 
       <para>To solve these problems, determine which port installed the
 	library:</para>