diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
index 45d2efd291..7f961a7106 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
@@ -780,7 +780,9 @@ subscribe cvs-all</programlisting>
 
 
         <note>
-          <para>If your CMOS clock is set to local time and not to GMT,
+          <para>If your CMOS clock is set to local time and not to GMT
+	    (this is true if the output of the <command>date</command> command
+	    does not show the correct time and zone),
             you may also need to run the following command:</para>
 <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>adjkerntz -i</userinput></screen>