diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
index 67bdb45f42..e0dcc9c95e 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!--
      The FreeBSD Documentation Project
 
-     $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml,v 1.28 2000/06/14 00:47:35 jim Exp $
+     $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml,v 1.29 2000/07/15 09:38:36 alex Exp $
 -->
 
 <chapter id="kernelconfig">
@@ -129,7 +129,10 @@
     <note>
       <para>Be sure to always check the file
         <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>, before you perform any update
-        steps!  In this file all important issues with updating FreeBSD
+        steps, in the case you <link
+        linkend="cutting-edge">sync your source-tree</link> with the
+        latest sources of the FreeBSD project.
+        In this file all important issues with updating FreeBSD
         are written down.  <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename> always fits
         to your version of the FreeBSD source, and is therefore more accurate
         for those information than the handbook.</para>
@@ -137,7 +140,10 @@
 
     <para>When you are finished, type the following to compile and install
       your kernel if you are using FreeBSD prior FreeBSD 4.0 and don't
-      want to upgrade to FreeBSD 4.0 or higher with this step.</para>
+      want to upgrade to FreeBSD 4.0 or higher with this step,
+      or if you are using a release-version of FreeBSD and your
+      <filename>/usr/src/</filename> directory only contains the
+      <filename>sys/</filename> sub-directory.</para>
 
     <note>
       <para>If you are trying to upgrade your kernel from an older version
@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@
 
     <para>For FreeBSD 4.x or later (or upgrading from FreeBSD 3.x to
       FreeBSD 4.x or higher), use the following commands (be sure you
-      have built world before!):</para>
+      have <link linkend="cutting-edge">built world</link> before!):</para>
 
     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/src</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>make buildkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL</userinput>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
index 67bdb45f42..e0dcc9c95e 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!--
      The FreeBSD Documentation Project
 
-     $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml,v 1.28 2000/06/14 00:47:35 jim Exp $
+     $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml,v 1.29 2000/07/15 09:38:36 alex Exp $
 -->
 
 <chapter id="kernelconfig">
@@ -129,7 +129,10 @@
     <note>
       <para>Be sure to always check the file
         <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>, before you perform any update
-        steps!  In this file all important issues with updating FreeBSD
+        steps, in the case you <link
+        linkend="cutting-edge">sync your source-tree</link> with the
+        latest sources of the FreeBSD project.
+        In this file all important issues with updating FreeBSD
         are written down.  <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename> always fits
         to your version of the FreeBSD source, and is therefore more accurate
         for those information than the handbook.</para>
@@ -137,7 +140,10 @@
 
     <para>When you are finished, type the following to compile and install
       your kernel if you are using FreeBSD prior FreeBSD 4.0 and don't
-      want to upgrade to FreeBSD 4.0 or higher with this step.</para>
+      want to upgrade to FreeBSD 4.0 or higher with this step,
+      or if you are using a release-version of FreeBSD and your
+      <filename>/usr/src/</filename> directory only contains the
+      <filename>sys/</filename> sub-directory.</para>
 
     <note>
       <para>If you are trying to upgrade your kernel from an older version
@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@
 
     <para>For FreeBSD 4.x or later (or upgrading from FreeBSD 3.x to
       FreeBSD 4.x or higher), use the following commands (be sure you
-      have built world before!):</para>
+      have <link linkend="cutting-edge">built world</link> before!):</para>
 
     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/src</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>make buildkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL</userinput>