diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/intro.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/intro.sgml
index 1f765a2685fd..b6e8bb1f3093 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/intro.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/intro.sgml
@@ -12,15 +12,26 @@
   the &arch; hardware platform.  It describes new features of &os;
   that have been added (or changed) since &release.prev;.</para>
 
-  <para>For information about &os; and the layout of the
-  distribution directory (especially if you're installing from
-  floppies!), see <filename>README.TXT</filename>.  For installation
-  instructions, see the <filename>INSTALL.TXT</filename> and
-  <filename>HARDWARE.TXT</filename> files.</para>
+<![ %release.type.snapshot [
 
-  <para>For the latest of these &release.branch; snapshots, you should always
-  see:</para>
+  <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes
+  apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development
+  branch between &release.prev; and &release.next;.  Some pre-built,
+  binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be found
+  at <ulink url="&release.url;"></ulink>.</para>
 
-  <para><ulink url="&release.url;">&release.url;</ulink></para>
+]]>
 
+<![ %release.type.release [
+
+  <para>This distribution of &os; &release.current; is a &release.type;
+  distribution.  It can be found at <ulink
+  url="&release.url;"></ulink> or any of its mirrors.  More
+  information on obtaining this (or other) &release.type; distributions of
+  &os; can be found in the <ulink
+  url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
+  FreeBSD</quote> appendix</ulink> to the <ulink
+  url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/">FreeBSD Handbook</ulink>.</para>
+
+]]>
 </sect1>