diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml
index 80733686f4..2318b2d613 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ boot:</screen>
 	  <title>Enabling the Splash Screen Function</title>
 
 	  <para>The splash screen (<filename>.bmp</filename>) or
-	    (<filename>.pcx</filename>) file has to be placed in the
-	    <filename
+	    (<filename>.pcx</filename>) file has to be placed on the
+	    root partition, for example in the <filename
 	      class="directory">/boot</filename> directory.</para>
 
 	  <para>For default boot display resolution (256-color, 320 by