diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
index 7fc6a6faa3..d52d146291 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	<para>How Unix file permissions work.</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
-	<para>Understand what file system ACLs are and how to use them.
+	<para>Understand what file system <acronym>ACLs</acronym> are and how to use them.
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
 	<para>What processes, daemons, and signals are.</para>
@@ -284,6 +284,20 @@
       users of the system, and re-enabling <acronym>ACLs</acronym> may re-attach the previous
       <acronym>ACLs</acronym> to files that have since had their permissions changed,
       resulting in other unpredictable behavior.</para></note>
+      
+    <para>File systems with <acronym>ACLs</acronym> enabled will show a <literal>+</literal>
+      (plus) sign in their permission settings when viewed.  For example:</para>
+
+    <programlisting>drwx------  2 robert  robert  512 Dec 27 11:54 private
+drwxrwx---+ 2 robert  robert  512 Dec 23 10:57 directory1
+drwxrwx---+ 2 robert  robert  512 Dec 22 10:20 directory2
+drwxrwx---+ 2 robert  robert  512 Dec 27 11:57 directory3
+drwxr-xr-x  2 robert  robert  512 Nov 10 11:54 public_html</programlisting>
+
+    <para>Here we see that the <filename>directory1</filename>,
+      <filename>directory2</filename>, and <filename>directory3</filename>
+      directories are all taking advantage of <acronym>ACLs</acronym>.  The
+      <filename>public_html</filename> directory is not.</para>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="dirstructure">
@@ -296,7 +310,7 @@
       <quote>/</quote>.  This directory is the first one mounted at
       boot time and it contains the base system necessary to prepare
       the operating system for multi-user operation.  The root
-      directory also contains mount points for every other filesystem
+      directory also contains mount points for every other file system
       that you may want to mount.</para>
 
     <para>A mount point is a directory where additional filesystems can