diff --git a/src/docbkx/configuration.xml b/src/docbkx/configuration.xml
index 1a0228e1c3f..b08b677a873 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/configuration.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/configuration.xml
@@ -417,15 +417,14 @@ to ensure well-formedness of your document after an edit session.
           HBase. Do not use this configuration for production nor for
           evaluating HBase performance.</para>
 
-	      <para>First, confirm your local HDFS setup.  Below is an example <filename>conf/hdfs-site.xml</filename>.
-	      The properties <varname>dfs.name.dir</varname> and <varname>dfs.data.dir</varname> are being set explicitly,
-              the latter being where HDFS data will exist on your machine.
+	      <para>First, setup your HDFS in <link xlink:href="http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r1.0.3/single_node_setup.html">pseudo-distributed mode</link>. 
    	      </para>
-	      <para>Next, configure HBase for usage.  Below is an example <filename>conf/hbase-site.xml</filename>.
+	      <para>Next, configure HBase.  Below is an example <filename>conf/hbase-site.xml</filename>.
           This is the file into
           which you add local customizations and overrides for
           <xref linkend="hbase_default_configurations" /> and <xref linkend="hdfs_client_conf" />.
-              Note that the <varname>hbase.rootdir</varname> property points to the local HDFS instance.
+              Note that the <varname>hbase.rootdir</varname> property points to the
+              local HDFS instance.
    		  </para>
 
           <para>Now skip to <xref linkend="confirm" /> for how to start and verify your
@@ -442,39 +441,16 @@ to ensure well-formedness of your document after an edit session.
             HBase (it'll create them if you let it).</para>
           </note>
 
-          <note>
-            <para>Above we bind to <varname>localhost</varname>. This means
-            that a remote client cannot connect.</para>
-          </note>
-
-			
   		  <section xml:id="pseudo.config">
-  		  	<title>Pseudo-distributed Configuration Files</title>
-			<para>The following are exmaple configuration files from a pseudo-distributed setup.
-			</para>
-<filename>hdfs-site.xml</filename>  		  
-<programlisting>
-&lt;configuration&gt;
-  ...
-  &lt;property&gt;
-    &lt;name&gt;dfs.name.dir&lt;/name&gt;
-    &lt;value&gt;/Users/local/user.name/hdfs-data-name&lt;/value&gt;
-  &lt;/property&gt;
-  &lt;property&gt;
-    &lt;name&gt;dfs.data.dir&lt;/name&gt;
-    &lt;value&gt;/Users/local/user.name/hdfs-data&lt;/value&gt;
-  &lt;/property&gt;
-  ...
-&lt;/configuration&gt;
-</programlisting>
-
+  		  	<title>Pseudo-distributed Configuration File</title>
+			<para>Below is a sample pseudo-distributed file for the node <varname>h-24-30.example.com</varname>.
 <filename>hbase-site.xml</filename>
 <programlisting>
 &lt;configuration&gt;
   ...
   &lt;property&gt;
     &lt;name&gt;hbase.rootdir&lt;/name&gt;
-    &lt;value&gt;hdfs://localhost:8020/hbase&lt;/value&gt;
+    &lt;value&gt;hdfs://h-24-30.sfo.stumble.net:8020/hbase&lt;/value&gt;
   &lt;/property&gt;
   &lt;property&gt;
     &lt;name&gt;hbase.cluster.distributed&lt;/name&gt;
@@ -482,11 +458,12 @@ to ensure well-formedness of your document after an edit session.
   &lt;/property&gt;
   &lt;property&gt;
     &lt;name&gt;hbase.zookeeper.quorum&lt;/name&gt;
-    &lt;value&gt;localhost&lt;/value&gt;
+    &lt;value&gt;h-24-30.sfo.stumble.net&lt;/value&gt;
   &lt;/property&gt;
   ...
 &lt;/configuration&gt;
 </programlisting>
+</para>
 
   		  </section>