diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
index ce6c88f167..97f6080a96 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
@@ -421,6 +421,11 @@ ad3: 29333MB &lt;WDC WD307AA&gt; [59598/16/63] at ata1-slave UDMA33</programlist
 
 	  <programlisting>pseudo-device   ccd     4</programlisting>
 
+	  <note><para>In FreeBSD 5.0, it is not necessary to specify
+	    a number of ccd devices, as the ccd device driver is now
+	    cloning -- new device instances will automatically be
+	    created on demand.</para></note>
+
 	  <para><application>ccd</application> support can also be
 	    loaded as a kernel loadable module in FreeBSD 4.0 or
 	    later.</para>
@@ -480,6 +485,10 @@ disklabel -e ad3</programlisting>
 	  <programlisting>cd /dev
 sh MAKEDEV ccd0</programlisting>
 
+	  <note><para>In FreeBSD 5.0, &man.devfs.5; will automatically
+	    manage device nodes in <filename>/dev</filename>, so use of
+	    <command>MAKEDEV</command> is not necessary.</para></note>
+
 	  <para>The next argument <command>ccdconfig</command> expects
 	    is the interleave for the file system.  The interleave
 	    defines the size of a stripe in disk blocks, normally five
@@ -931,6 +940,11 @@ scsibus1:
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV acd0t99</userinput></screen>
+
+	  <note><para>In FreeBSD 5.0, &man.devfs.5; will automatically
+	    create and manage entries in <filename>/dev</filename>
+	    for you, so it is not necessary to use
+	    <command>MAKEDEV</command>.</para></note>
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
@@ -1103,6 +1117,9 @@ scsibus1:
         <filename>/dev</filename>. To do it, you can issue:</para>
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV "fd*"</userinput></screen>
+      <note><para>In FreeBSD 5.0, &man.devfs.5; will automatically
+	manage device nodes in <filename>/dev</filename>, so use of
+	<command>MAKEDEV</command> is not necessary.</para></note>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2>