diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
index a991630f5b..1d80d15a3e 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
@@ -2595,7 +2595,11 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity  Mounted on
 
 <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mount -u -o snapshot /var/snapshot/snap /var</userinput></screen>
 
-      <para>Once a snapshot has been created, they have several
+      <para>Alternatively, you can use &man.mksnap.ffs.8; to create
+	a snapshot:</para>
+<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mksnap_ffs /var /var/snapshot/snap</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Once a snapshot has been created, it has several
 	uses:</para>
 
       <itemizedlist>