diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
index d1f7e147e7..7779e409ad 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
@@ -336,23 +336,31 @@ sio3: type 16550A</screen>
 	linkend="kernelconfig">.</para>
 
       <para>The relevant device lines for your kernel configuration
-	file would look like this:</para>
+	file would look like this, for FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X:</para>
 	  
-      <programlisting>device		sio0	at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr
-device		sio1	at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr
-device		sio2	at isa? port "IO_COM3" tty irq 5 vector siointr
-device		sio3	at isa? port "IO_COM4" tty irq 9 vector siointr</programlisting>
+      <programlisting>device		sio0	at isa? port IO_COM1 irq 4
+device		sio1	at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3
+device		sio2	at isa? port IO_COM3 irq 5
+device		sio3	at isa? port IO_COM4 irq 9</programlisting>
 	  
+
+      <para>and like this, for FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X:</para>
+
+      <programlisting>device		sio</programlisting>
+
       <para>You can comment-out or completely remove lines for devices
-	you do not have.  Please see the &man.sio.4; manual page for
-	complete information on how to write configuration lines for
-	multiport boards.  Be careful if you are using a configuration
+	you do not have in the case of FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X, for
+	FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X you have to edit your
+	<filename>/boot/device.hints</filename> file to configure your
+	serial ports.  Please refer to the &man.sio.4; manual page for
+	more information on serial ports and multiport boards configuration.
+	Be careful if you are using a configuration
 	file that was previously used for a different version of
-	FreeBSD because the device flags have changed between
+	FreeBSD because the device flags and the syntax have changed between
 	versions.</para>
 
       <note>
-	<para><literal>port "IO_COM1"</literal> is a substitution for
+	<para><literal>port IO_COM1</literal> is a substitution for
 	  <literal>port 0x3f8</literal>, <literal>IO_COM2</literal> is
 	  <literal>0x2f8</literal>, <literal>IO_COM3</literal> is
 	  <literal>0x3e8</literal>, and <literal>IO_COM4</literal> is