diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
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--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
@@ -558,9 +558,14 @@ pqb0.0.1.4.0               PQB0                       PCI EIDE</screen>
 	  
 	  <para>The boot disks are available on your installation media
 	    in the <filename>floppies/</filename> directory, and
-	    can also be downloaded from the <ulink
-	    url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel.current;-RELEASE/floppies/">
-	      floppies directory</ulink> for the &i386; architecture and from this <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/&rel.current;-RELEASE/floppies/">floppies directory</ulink> for the Alpha architecture.</para>
+	    can also be downloaded from the floppies directory, <literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<replaceable>&lt;arch&gt;</replaceable>/<replaceable>&lt;version&gt;</replaceable>-RELEASE/floppies/</literal>.
+	    Replace <replaceable>&lt;arch&gt;</replaceable> and
+	    <replaceable>&lt;version&gt;</replaceable>
+	    with the architecture and the version number
+	    which you want to install, respectively.
+	    For example, the boot floppy images for
+	    &os; &rel.current;-RELEASE for &i386; are available
+	    from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel.current;-RELEASE/floppies/"></ulink>.</para>
 
 	  <para>The floppy images have a <filename>.flp</filename> extension.
 	    The <filename>floppies/</filename> directory contains a number of