diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml
index f85984e8be..b91873eb10 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/pc98.xml
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@
 
     <p>&os;/&arch.pc98; is a <a
       href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">
-      Tier 2</a> architecture at the time of 9.0-RELEASE.  Although
-      this was a Tier 1 for a long time since 5.0-RELEASE, it was
+      Tier 2</a> architecture at the time of 9.0-RELEASE.</p>
+
+    <p>Although
+      FreeBSD/pc98 was a Tier 1 for a long time since 5.0-RELEASE, it was
       downgraded due to FreeBSD no longer supporting installation from
-      floppy disks, and pc98 machines not supporting booting from CD/DVD.</p>
+      floppy disks, and most pc98 machines cannot boot from CD/DVD.
+      Although later pc98 machines can boot from CDROM, FreeBSD's support
+      for that has not been integrated into bsdinstall and release tools.</p>
 
     <h3>&os;/&arch.pc98; Hardware Notes</h3>