diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
index a506bb00d4..bf88526239 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
@@ -536,9 +536,9 @@ EndSection</programlisting>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV agpgart</userinput></screen>
 
 	<note>
-	  <para>FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X or later, use &man.devfs.5; to allocate
-	    device nodes transparently for the user, therefore you do
-	    not have to run &man.MAKEDEV.8;.</para>
+	  <para>FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X or later will use &man.devfs.5; to allocate
+	    device nodes transparently, therefore the
+	    &man.MAKEDEV.8; step is not required.</para>
 	</note>
 
         <para>This will allow configuration of the hardware as any other