diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
index b59920dfc0..0ed80ce0b5 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
@@ -1299,8 +1299,8 @@ esac</screen>
 <screen>case $# in
 1)
         case $1 in
-        KDE2)
-                exec /usr/X11R6/bin/startkde
+        kde)
+                exec /usr/local/bin/startkde
                 ;;
         GNOME)
                 exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ esac</screen>
 	  login-time desktop background to be honored, 
 	  the following line needs to be added to
 	  <filename>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0</filename>:</para>
-        <screen>/usr/X11R6/bin/kdmdesktop</screen>
+        <screen>/usr/local/bin/kdmdesktop</screen>
 	
         <para>Now, make sure <application>kdm</application> is listed in
 	  <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> to be started at the next bootup.