diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
index b20752505c..16e08dc488 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
       <listitem>
         <para>Browsers (such as <application>Firefox</application>,
           <application>Opera</application>,
-	  <application>Konqueror</application>)</para>
+	  <application>Konqueror</application>,
+	  <application>Chromium</application>)</para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
@@ -160,6 +161,13 @@
 	    <entry>heavy</entry>
 	    <entry><application>KDE</application> Libraries</entry>
           </row>
+
+          <row>
+	    <entry><application>Chromium</application></entry>
+	    <entry>medium</entry>
+	    <entry>medium</entry>
+	    <entry><application>Gtk+</application></entry>
+          </row>
         </tbody>
       </tgroup>
     </informaltable>
@@ -426,6 +434,89 @@
 	<application>Konqueror</application>
 	is available at <ulink url="http://freebsd.kde.org/howtos/konqueror-flash.php"></ulink>.</para>
     </sect2>
+
+    <sect2>
+      <title>Chromium</title>
+      <indexterm>
+	<primary><application>Chromium</application></primary>
+      </indexterm>
+
+      <para><application>Chromium</application> is an open-source
+	browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more
+	stable web browsing experience.  <application>Chromium</application>
+	features tabbed browsing, popup blocking, extensions, and much
+	more.  <application>Chromium</application> is the open-source
+	project upon which the Google Chrome web browser is
+	based.</para>
+
+      <para><application>Chromium</application> can be installed as a
+	package by typing:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r chromium</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Alternatively, <application>Chromium</application> can be
+	compiled from source using the Ports Collection:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/chromium</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
+
+      <note>
+	<para><application>Chromium</application> is installed as
+	  <filename>/usr/local/bin/chrome</filename>, not
+	  <filename>/usr/local/bin/chromium</filename>.</para>
+      </note>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="chromium-java-plugin">
+      <title>Chromium and &java; Plugin</title>
+
+      <note>
+	<para>This section assumes <application>Chromium</application>
+	  is already installed.</para>
+      </note>
+
+      <para>Install <application>OpenJDK&nbsp;6</application> through the
+	Ports Collection by typing:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/java/openjdk6
+&prompt.root; make install clean</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Next, install <filename
+	role="package">java/icedtea-web</filename> from the Ports
+	Collection:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/java/icedtea-web
+&prompt.root; make install clean</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Start <application>Chromium</application>, and enter
+	<literal>about:plugins</literal> in the address bar.
+	IcedTea-Web should be listed as one of the installed plugins.</para>
+
+      <para>If <application>Chromium</application> does not display the
+	IcedTea-Web plugin, run the following commands, and restart the web
+	browser:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /usr/local/share/chromium/plugins
+&prompt.root; ln -s /usr/local/lib/IcedTeaPlugin.so \
+  /usr/local/share/chromium/plugins/</userinput></screen>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="chromium-flash-plugin">
+      <title>Chromium and &adobe;&nbsp;&flash; Plugin</title>
+
+      <note>
+	<para>This section assumes <application>Chromium</application>
+	is already installed.</para>
+      </note>
+
+      <para>Configuring <application>Chromium</application> and
+	&adobe;&nbsp;&flash; is similar to the <link
+	linkend="moz-flash-plugin">instructions for Firefox</link>.  For
+	more detailed instructions on installing &adobe;&nbsp;&flash; on
+	&os;, please refer to that section.  No additional configuration
+	should be necessary, since <application>Chromium</application> is
+	able to use some plugins from other browsers.</para>
+    </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="desktop-productivity">
@@ -1172,6 +1263,12 @@
 	    <entry><filename role="package">www/firefox</filename></entry>
 	  </row>
 
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><application>Chromium</application></entry>
+	    <entry><literal>chromium</literal></entry>
+	    <entry><filename role="package">www/chromium</filename></entry>
+	  </row>
+
 	  <row>
             <entry><application>KOffice</application></entry>
 	    <entry><literal>koffice</literal></entry>