diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
index c7a2f56e1d..fe38bbc5b9 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ln -s /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so \
   /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/</userinput></screen>
+
+	  <para>The <filename
+	    class="directory">/usr/local/lib/browser_plugins</filename>
+	    directory will have to be created manually if it does not
+	    exist on the system.</para>
 	  </step>
 	</procedure>