diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
index 0d7786cc8b..30a1e5be59 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
@@ -2,18 +2,19 @@
 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based Extension//EN"
 	"../../../share/xml/freebsd45.dtd" [
 <!ENTITY bibliography SYSTEM "../../../share/xml/bibliography.xml">
+<!ENTITY rel.numbranch "3">  <!-- number of branches that follow in this list -->
 <!ENTITY rel.head "<emphasis>10-CURRENT</emphasis>">
 <!ENTITY rel.head.relx "10.<replaceable>X</replaceable>">
-<!ENTITY rel.head.releng "<symbol>HEAD</symbol>">
+<!ENTITY rel.head.releng "<symbol>head/</symbol>">
 <!ENTITY rel.head.packages "packages-10-current">
 <!ENTITY rel.relx "9.<replaceable>X</replaceable>">
 <!ENTITY rel.stable "<emphasis>9-STABLE</emphasis>">
-<!ENTITY rel.releng "<symbol>RELENG_9</symbol>">
+<!ENTITY rel.releng "<symbol>stable/9/</symbol>">
 <!ENTITY rel.relengdate "September 2011">
 <!ENTITY rel.packages "packages-9-stable">
 <!ENTITY rel2.relx "8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>">
 <!ENTITY rel2.stable "<emphasis>8-STABLE</emphasis>">
-<!ENTITY rel2.releng "<symbol>RELENG_8</symbol>">
+<!ENTITY rel2.releng "<symbol>stable/8/</symbol>">
 <!ENTITY rel2.relengdate "August 2009">
 <!ENTITY rel2.packages "packages-8-stable">
 ]>
@@ -7890,11 +7891,11 @@ hint.sio.7.irq="12"</programlisting>
 	</question>
 
 	<answer>
-	  <para>There are currently four active/semi-active branches in
+	  <para>There are currently &rel.numbranch; active/semi-active branches in
 	    the &os; <ulink
 	      url="http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/base/">Subversion Repository</ulink>.
 	    (Earlier branches are only changed very rarely, which is why
-	    there are only four active branches of development):</para>
+	    there are only &rel.numbranch; active branches of development):</para>
 
 	  <itemizedlist>
 	    <listitem>