diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
index 8e658bcd00..026e4742e3 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
@@ -1353,7 +1353,9 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</screen>
 	  information regarding <application>GNOME</application> on
 	  FreeBSD can be found on the <ulink
 	  url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome">FreeBSD GNOME
-	  Project</ulink>'s web site.</para>
+	  Project</ulink>'s web site.  The web site also contains fairly
+	  comprehensive FAQs about installing, configuring, and managing
+	  <application>GNOME</application>.</para>
       </sect3>
 
       <sect3 id="x11-wm-gnome-install">
@@ -1381,12 +1383,29 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</screen>
         <para>Once <application>GNOME</application> is installed,
           the X server must be told to start
           <application>GNOME</application> instead of a default window
-          manager.  If a custom <filename>.xinitrc</filename> is already in
+          manager.</para>
+
+        <para>The easiest way to start
+          <application>GNOME</application> is with
+          <application>GDM</application>, the GNOME Display Manager.
+          <application>GDM</application>, which is installed as a part
+          of the <application>GNOME</application> desktop (but is
+          disabled by default), can be enabled by adding
+          <literal>gdm_enable="YES"</literal> to
+          <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.  Once you have rebooted,
+          <application>GNOME</application> will start automatically
+          once you log in - no further configuration is
+          necessary.</para>
+
+        <para><application>GNOME</application> may also be started
+	  from the command-line by properly configuring a file named
+	  <filename>.xinitrc</filename>.
+          If a custom <filename>.xinitrc</filename> is already in
           place, simply replace the line that starts the current window
           manager with one that starts
           <application>/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session</application> instead.
-          If nothing special has been done to configuration file,
-          then it is enough to simply type:</para>
+          If nothing special has been done to the configuration file,
+          then it is enough simply to type:</para>
 
         <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -1394,7 +1413,7 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</screen>
           <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment will be
           started.</para>
 
-        <note><para>If a display manager, like
+        <note><para>If an older display manager, like
           <application>XDM</application>, is being used, this will not work.
           Instead, create an executable <filename>.xsession</filename>
           file with the same command in it.  To do this, edit the file
@@ -1406,7 +1425,7 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</screen>
 &prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xsession</userinput>
 &prompt.user; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
 
-        <para>Another option is to configure the display manager to
+        <para>Yet another option is to configure the display manager to
           allow choosing the window manager at login time; the section on
           <link linkend="x11-wm-kde-details">KDE details</link>
           explains how to do this for <application>kdm</application>, the