diff --git a/chapter10/kernel.xml b/chapter10/kernel.xml
index 7c64e0983..023aa32b9 100644
--- a/chapter10/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter10/kernel.xml
@@ -98,15 +98,25 @@
 
     <caution>
       <para>A good starting place for setting up the kernel configuration is to
-      run <command>make defconfig</command>. This will set the base
-      configuration to a good state that takes your current system architecture
-      into account.</para>
+      run <command>make localmodconfig</command>. If the host kernel version
+      is not too different from the version of the kernel you are building,
+      this will set the base configuration to a good state similar to what
+      the host uses. Another possibility is to use <command>make
+      localyesconfig</command>, which does the same except everything is built
+      into the kernel.</para>
 
       <para>Do not disable any option enabled by <command>make
-      defconfig</command> unless the following note explicitly makes it
+      localmodconfig</command> unless the following notes explicitly make it
       disabled or you really know what you are doing.</para>
     </caution>
 
+    <note>
+      <para>Another possibility is to run <command>make defconfig</command>,
+      which creates a more generic configuration for your architecture. You
+      may then have to disable drivers for hardware you do not have if
+      you want to reduce the kernel size.</para>
+    </note>
+
     <note>
       <para>Be sure to enable/disable/set the following features or the system might
       not work correctly or boot at all:</para>
@@ -312,7 +322,7 @@ Device Drivers ---&gt;
           <para>Support running the interrupt controller of 64-bit x86
           processors in x2APIC mode.  x2APIC may be enabled by firmware on
           64-bit x86 systems, and a kernel without this option enabled will
-          panic on boot if x2APIC is enabled by firmware.  This option has
+          panic on boot if x2APIC is enabled by firmware.  This option
           has no effect, but also does no harm if x2APIC is disabled by the
           firmware.</para>
         </listitem>