diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml
index 969d306fb..74baa6d5e 100644
--- a/chapter08/fstab.xml
+++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ devices:</para>
 
 <screen>usbfs        /proc/bus/usb usbfs   devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0 </screen>
 
-<para>This option will only work if <quote>Support for Host-side
-USB</quote> and <quote>USB device filesystem</quote> are compiled into
-the kernel (not as a module).</para>
+<para>This option will only work if <quote>Support for Host-side USB</quote> and
+<quote>USB device filesystem</quote> are compiled into the kernel or if compiled
+as modules, that the modules are listed in
+<filename>/etc/sysconfig/modules</filename>.</para>
 
 </sect1>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index 2948a241a..ede6daf5b 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ we do not recommend this option. It is often better to explore all the
 configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from
 scratch.</para>
 
-<para>LFS Bootscripts make the assumption that both <quote>Support for Host-side
-USB</quote> and <quote>USB device filesystem</quote> have been compiled directly
-into the kernel, or that neither is compiled at all. The bootscripts will not
-work properly if <quote>Host-side USB</quote> is compiled as a module
-(usbcore.ko).</para>
-
 <note><para>NPTL requires the kernel to be compiled with GCC 3.x, in
 this case &gcc-version;. Compiling with 2.95.x is known to cause failures in
 the glibc test suite, so it is not recommended to compile the kernel