diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
index 0ecf9914c6..fdc927c656 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
@@ -1947,8 +1947,8 @@ raisechar=^^</programlisting>
 
 	<step>
 	  <para>To see all boot messages on the serial console, issue
-	    the following command: <command>echo "set console=comconsole" &gt;
-	    /boot/loader.conf</command>. </para>
+	    the following command while logged in as the superuser:</para>
+	  <screen>&prompt.root; echo 'set console="comconsole"' &gt; /boot/loader.conf</screen>
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
@@ -2579,7 +2579,7 @@ ttyd3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown off secure</programlisting>
 	  serial console by writing just one line in
 	  <filename>/boot/loader.rc</filename>:</para>
   
-	<programlisting>set console=comconsole</programlisting>
+	<programlisting>set console="comconsole"</programlisting>
   
 	<para>This will take effect regardless of the settings in the boot
 	  block discussed in the previous section.</para>
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ ttyd3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown off secure</programlisting>
   
 	<para>Likewise, you can specify the internal console as:</para>
 
-	<programlisting>set console=vidconsole</programlisting>
+	<programlisting>set console="vidconsole"</programlisting>
   
 	<para>If you do not set the boot loader environment variable
 	  <envar>console</envar>, the boot loader, and subsequently the