diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
index 12868805a5..b135df1377 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</screen>
 	  If nothing special has been done to configuration file,
 	  then it is enough to simply type:</para>
 
-        <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
+        <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
 
         <para>Next, type <command>startx</command>, and the
           <application>GNOME</application> desktop environment will be
@@ -1066,9 +1066,9 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</screen>
 	  <application>/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session</application>:
 	  </para></note>
 
-        <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo "#!/bin/sh" > ~/.xsession</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session" >> ~/.xsession</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>chmod +x ~/.xsession</userinput></screen>
+        <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "#!/bin/sh" > ~/.xsession</userinput>
+&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
           allow choosing the window manager at login time; the section on
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD
           instead of the default window manager.  This is accomplished
           by editing the <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file:</para>
 
-        <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo "/usr/local/bin/startkde" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
+        <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/local/bin/startkde" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
 
         <para>Now, whenever invoke X Window System with <command>startx</command>,
 	  <application>KDE2</application> will be the desktop.</para>
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ esac</screen>
 	 <application>XFCE</application> the next time X is started.
 	 Simply type this:</para>
 
-        <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
+        <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "/usr/X11R6/bin/startxfce" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
 
         <para>The next time X is started,
 	  <application>XFCE</application> will be the desktop.