diff --git a/en/handbook/README b/en/handbook/README
index 8772c3f1ac..fbfd1fd7af 100644
--- a/en/handbook/README
+++ b/en/handbook/README
@@ -641,3 +641,7 @@ for example,
  62. Do step 60, but for version 1.8 of doc/handbook/lists.sgml. Call
      the transformed file mailing-lists.ent, and add an ENTITY line for
      it to handbook.sgml
+
+ 63. Add <!ENTITY rel.current CDATA "2.2.6"> to handbook.sgml, from
+     r1.83 of doc/handbook/handbook.sgml.
+
diff --git a/en/handbook/handbook.sgml b/en/handbook/handbook.sgml
index e495f2da8f..66e0e9baea 100644
--- a/en/handbook/handbook.sgml
+++ b/en/handbook/handbook.sgml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <!ENTITY % chapters SYSTEM "chapters.ent"> %chapters;
 <!ENTITY % authors  SYSTEM "authors.ent">  %authors;
 <!ENTITY % mailing-lists SYSTEM "mailing-lists.ent"> %mailing-lists;
+
+<!ENTITY rel.current CDATA "2.2.6">
 ]>
 
 
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml
index e495f2da8f..66e0e9baea 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <!ENTITY % chapters SYSTEM "chapters.ent"> %chapters;
 <!ENTITY % authors  SYSTEM "authors.ent">  %authors;
 <!ENTITY % mailing-lists SYSTEM "mailing-lists.ent"> %mailing-lists;
+
+<!ENTITY rel.current CDATA "2.2.6">
 ]>
 
 
diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml
index e495f2da8f..66e0e9baea 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/book.sgml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 <!ENTITY % chapters SYSTEM "chapters.ent"> %chapters;
 <!ENTITY % authors  SYSTEM "authors.ent">  %authors;
 <!ENTITY % mailing-lists SYSTEM "mailing-lists.ent"> %mailing-lists;
+
+<!ENTITY rel.current CDATA "2.2.6">
 ]>