diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/filesystems/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/filesystems/chapter.xml
index 225dcd45ef..f0e06b2ba1 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/filesystems/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/filesystems/chapter.xml
@@ -771,23 +771,25 @@ errors: No known data errors</screen>
     <sect2>
       <title>XFS</title>
 
-      <para>&os; provides read-only support for <acronym>XFS</acronym>
+      <para>A &os; kernel can be configured to provide read-only
+	support for <acronym>XFS</acronym>
 	file systems.</para>
 
-      <para>To load the &man.xfs.5; driver:</para>
+      <para>To compile in <acronym>XFS</acronym> support, add the
+	following option to a custom kernel configuration file and
+	recompile the kernel using the instructions in <xref
+	  linkend="kernelconfig"/>:</para>
 
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>kldload xfs</userinput></screen>
+      <programlisting>options	XFS</programlisting>
 
-      <para>To mount an <acronym>XFS</acronym> volume located on
+      <para>Then, to mount an <acronym>XFS</acronym> volume located on
 	<filename>/dev/ad1s1</filename>:</para>
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mount -t xfs <replaceable>/dev/ad1s1</replaceable> <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
       <para>The <package>sysutils/xfsprogs</package> package or
-	port includes <command>mkfs.xfs</command>, which enables
-	the creation of read-only <acronym>XFS</acronym> file systems
-	for testing purposes.  Additional
-	utilities are included for analyzing and repairing
+	port provides additional
+	utilities, with man pages, for using, analyzing, and repairing
 	<acronym>XFS</acronym> file systems.</para>
     </sect2>