diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
index d547c2f10d..70731b18da 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -6132,6 +6132,16 @@ perm	  /dev/acd0	  0660</programlisting>
               This may be the worst answer in the entire document.
             -->
             <orderedlist>
+              <listitem>
+                <para>It is possible that your kernel is not configured to use
+                  quotas.  If this is the case, you will need to add the following
+                  line to your kernel configuration file and recompile:</para>
+                  <programlisting>options QUOTA</programlisting>
+
+		<para>Please read the <ulink url="&url.books.handbook;/quotas.html">Handbook
+		  entry on quotas</ulink> for full details.</para>
+	      </listitem>
+
               <listitem>
                 <para>Do not turn on quotas on <filename>/</filename>.</para>
               </listitem>