diff --git a/appendixa/kbd-desc.xml b/appendixa/kbd-desc.xml
index 7ae2c4c10..8db9c0950 100644
--- a/appendixa/kbd-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/kbd-desc.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ people find it useful to have NumLock on by default, setleds +num achieves this.
 <para><command>setvesablank</command> lets you fiddle with the built-in
 hardware screensaver (no toasters, just a blank screen).</para>
 
-<para><command>showfont</command> displays data about a font, including
-font properties, character metrics and character bitmaps.</para>
+<para><command>showconsolefont</command> shows the current EGA/VGA console
+screen font.</para>
 
 <para><command>showkey</command> reports the scancodes and keycodes and
 ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard.</para>
diff --git a/appendixa/kbd-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/kbd-shortdesc.xml
index 2637146cd..137748354 100644
--- a/appendixa/kbd-shortdesc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/kbd-shortdesc.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fgconsole, getkeycodes, getunimap, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap,
 mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to
 psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons,
 setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setlogcons, setmetamode, setvesablank,
-showfont, showkey, unicode_start and unicode_stop</para>
+showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start and unicode_stop</para>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/appendixb/appendixb.xml b/appendixb/appendixb.xml
index 55e572035..f34ebdf6d 100644
--- a/appendixb/appendixb.xml
+++ b/appendixb/appendixb.xml
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ to which it belongs.</para>
 <listitem><para>sg : <xref linkend="aa-shadow"/></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>sh : <xref linkend="aa-bash"/></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>sha1sum : <xref linkend="aa-coreutils"/></para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>showfont : <xref linkend="aa-kbd"/></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>showconsolefont : <xref linkend="aa-kbd"/></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>showkey : <xref linkend="aa-kbd"/></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>shred : <xref linkend="aa-coreutils"/></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>shtags.pl : <xref linkend="aa-vim"/></para></listitem>
diff --git a/entities/kbd.ent b/entities/kbd.ent
index 2549c1e0e..5264ed9bf 100644
--- a/entities/kbd.ent
+++ b/entities/kbd.ent
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 <!ENTITY kbd-version "1.08">
 <!ENTITY kbd-depversion "1.06">
-<!ENTITY kbd-contversion "1.06">
+<!ENTITY kbd-contversion "1.08">
 <!ENTITY kbd-dir "kbd-&kbd-version;">
 <!ENTITY kbd-package "kbd-&kbd-version;.tar.gz">
 <!ENTITY kbd-size "801 KB">