diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
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--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
@@ -402,7 +402,15 @@
     <sect2>
       <title>Configuring X11</title>
 
-      <para>Configuration of X11 is
+      <para>As of version 7.3, <application>&xorg;</application> can
+	often work without any configuration file by simply typing at
+	prompt:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>startx</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>If this does not work, or if the default configuration is
+	not acceptable, then X11 must be configured manually.
+	Configuration of X11 is
         a multi-step process.  The first step is to build an initial
         configuration file.
         As the super user, simply