diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
index 8b93ce148f..9a27832a1f 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -6220,16 +6220,10 @@ options    SYSVMSG          # enable for messaging</programlisting>
 	</question>
 
 	<answer>
-	  <para>FreeBSD 5.X and beyond use the &man.devfs.8; device-on-demand
+	  <para>&os;&nbsp;5.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and beyond use the &man.devfs.8; device-on-demand
 	    system.  Device drivers automatically create new device
 	    nodes as they are needed, obsoleting
 	    <filename>/dev/MAKEDEV</filename>.</para>
-
-	  <para>If you are running FreeBSD 4.X or earlier and
-	    <filename>/dev/MAKEDEV</filename> is missing, then you
-	    really do have a problem.  Grab a copy from the system
-	    source code, probably in
-	    <filename>/usr/src/etc/MAKEDEV</filename>.</para>
 	</answer>
       </qandaentry>