diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
index e583178f67..317aac90b9 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization/chapter.xml
@@ -1089,16 +1089,7 @@ FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso       100% of  230 MB  570 kBps 06m17s</
       <para>The virtual machine will boot and start the installer.
 	After installing a system in the virtual machine, when the
 	system asks about dropping in to a shell at the end of the
-	installation, choose <guibutton>Yes</guibutton>.  A small
-	change needs to be made to make the system start with a serial
-	console.  Edit <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> and replace the
-	existing <literal>ttyu0</literal> line with:</para>
-
-      <programlisting>ttyu0   "/usr/libexec/getty 3wire"   xterm  on secure</programlisting>
-
-      <note><para>Beginning with &os;&nbsp;9.3-RELEASE and
-	10.1-RELEASE the console is configured
-	automatically.</para></note>
+	installation, choose <guibutton>Yes</guibutton>.</para>
 
       <para>Reboot the virtual machine.  While rebooting the virtual
 	machine causes <application>bhyve</application> to exit, the