diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
index 29a04edaf3..018cbf44a0 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@
       <step>
 	<para>Change into the build directory.</para>
 
+	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd ../compile/<replaceable>MYKERNEL</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+
+	<para>For FreeBSD version prior to 5.0, use instead:</para>
+
 	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd ../../compile/<replaceable>MYKERNEL</replaceable></userinput></screen>
       </step>