diff --git a/handbook/handbook.sgml b/handbook/handbook.sgml
index f33b08ba78..a27a549089 100644
--- a/handbook/handbook.sgml
+++ b/handbook/handbook.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: handbook.sgml,v 1.96 1999-01-28 20:03:41 billf Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: handbook.sgml,v 1.97 1999-02-04 19:36:59 obrien Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN" [
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 <!-- The currently released version of FreeBSD -->
 <!-- This value is used to create some links on web sites and such,
      so do NOT change this until it's really release time! -->
-<!ENTITY rel.current CDATA "2.2.8">
+<!ENTITY rel.current CDATA "3.1">
 
 ]>
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       <author>
 	<name>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</name>
       </author>
-      <date>July 1998</date>
+      <date>February 1999</date>
 
 <abstract>Welcome to FreeBSD!  This handbook covers the
 installation and day to day use of <bf>FreeBSD Release
diff --git a/handbook/porting.sgml b/handbook/porting.sgml
index 937c06a10a..319d4fb162 100644
--- a/handbook/porting.sgml
+++ b/handbook/porting.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.125 1999-01-29 18:37:29 wosch Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.126 1999-02-04 19:36:59 obrien Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <sect><heading>Making a port yourself<label id="porting"></heading>
@@ -901,11 +901,12 @@ lib/libtcl80.so.1
 	<sect2>
 	  <heading>ELF support</heading>
 
-	  <p>Since FreeBSD moved to ELF shortly after 3.0-release,
+	  <p>Since FreeBSD moved to ELF with the 3.0-release,
 	    we need to convert many ports that build shared libraries
 	    to support ELF.  Complicating this task is that a 3.0
-	    system can run as both ELF and a.out, and that there will
-	    be one more release (2.2.8) from the 2.2 branch.  Below
+	    system can run as both ELF and a.out, and we wish to unoffically 
+		support the 2.2 as long as possible.
+	    Below
 	    are the guidelines on how to convert a.out only ports to
 	    support both a.out and ELF compilation.