--- doc/en/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml	2005/06/28 01:29:21	1.4
+++ doc/en/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml	2005/09/06 17:33:34	1.5
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ options          CD9660_ROOT  #CD-ROM us
     <para>This causes the kernel to pause for 15 seconds before probing
       each SCSI device in your system.  If you only have IDE hard drives,
       you can ignore this, otherwise you will probably want to lower this
-      number, perhaps to 5 seconds, to speed up booting.  Of course, if
+      number, perhaps to five seconds (5000 ms), to speed up booting.  Of course, if
       you do this, and &os; has trouble recognizing your SCSI devices,
       you will have to raise it back up.</para>