diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml
index cfa19177e6..78e433fb28 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml
@@ -614,9 +614,8 @@ boot:</screen>
 
 	<programlisting># name  getty                           type    status          comments
 #
-# This entry needed for asking password when init goes to single-user mode
-# If you want to be asked for password, change "secure" to "insecure" here
-console none                            unknown off insecure</programlisting>
+# If console is marked "insecure", then init will ask for the root password
+# when going to single-user mode.</programlisting>
       </example>
 
       <note>