diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml
index 5e5f7631fa..6cbadfde7e 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml
@@ -1501,6 +1501,12 @@ permit port ttyd0</programlisting>
       read the <link linkend="network-inetd">inetd configuration</link>
       section.</para>
 
+    <note>
+      <para>While programs run by &man.inetd.8; are not exactly
+	<quote>daemons</quote>, they have traditionally been called
+	daemons.  This is the term we will use in this section too.</para>
+    </note>
+
     <sect2>
       <title>Initial Configuration</title>