diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
index 0a1e4e8967..708b1c5a46 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
@@ -657,6 +657,17 @@ route_net2="-net 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.1"</programlisting>
 	<filename>/etc/mrouted.conf</filename>.  More details on
 	multicast configuration may be found in the manual page for
 	&man.mrouted.8;.</para>
+
+      <note>
+	<para>As of &os;&nbsp;7.0 the &man.mrouted.8; multicast routing daemon
+	  has been removed from the base system.  It implements the
+	  <acronym>DVMRP</acronym> multicast routing protocol, which has
+	  largely been replaced by &man.pim.4; in many multicast
+	  installations.  The related &man.map-mbone.8; and
+	  &man.mrinfo.8; utilities have also been removed.  These programs
+	  are now available in the &os; Ports&nbsp;Collection as
+	  <filename role="port">net/mrouted</filename>.</para>
+      </note>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>