diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
index 07418884b0..45d2efd291 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
@@ -754,7 +754,9 @@ subscribe cvs-all</programlisting>
       <para>Another method is to compile the system in multi-user mode, and
         then drop into single user mode for the installation.  If you would
         like to do it this way, simply hold off on the following steps until
-        the build has completed.</para>
+        the build has completed.  You can postpone dropping to single user
+	mode until you have to <maketarget>installkernel</maketarget> or
+	<maketarget>installworld</maketarget>.</para>
 
       <para>As the superuser, you can execute</para>