diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
index 9eb30c611c..6d68b4f4f0 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
@@ -1419,23 +1419,13 @@ DisplayManager.requestPort:     0</screen>
 
       <programlisting>proc           /proc       procfs  rw  0   0</programlisting>
 
-      <para><application>GNOME</application> also needs
+      <para><application>GNOME</application> uses
 	<application>D-Bus</application> and
-	<application>HAL</application>.  These applications provide a
-	message bus and hardware abstraction.  They can be installed
-	from packages:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install dbus hal</userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>or from the Ports Collection:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/devel/dbus</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/sysutils/hal</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>Then enable both systems in
-	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
+	<application>HAL</application> for a
+	message bus and hardware abstraction.  These applications are automatically
+	installed as dependencies of <application>GNOME</application>.
+	Enable them in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> so
+	they will be started when the system boots:</para>
 
       <programlisting>dbus_enable="YES"
 hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
@@ -1457,7 +1447,7 @@ hald_enable="YES"</programlisting>
 
       <programlisting>gnome_enable="YES"</programlisting>
 
-      <para><application>GDM</application> will now start
+      <para><application>GDM</application> will start
 	automatically when the system boots.</para>
 
       <para>A second method for starting