diff --git a/src/docbkx/configuration.xml b/src/docbkx/configuration.xml
index 1459dbf7c62..7de8a66a79a 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/configuration.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/configuration.xml
@@ -210,11 +210,11 @@ to ensure well-formedness of your document after an edit session.
           <para>
               This version of HBase will only run on <link
         xlink:href="http://hadoop.apache.org/common/releases.html">Hadoop
-        0.20.x</link>. It will not run on hadoop 0.21.x (nor 0.22.x).
-        HBase will lose data unless it is running on an HDFS that have a durable
+        0.20.x</link>. It will not run on hadoop 0.21.x (but may run on 0.22.x/0.23.x).
+        HBase will lose data unless it is running on an HDFS that has a durable
         <code>sync</code>. Hadoop 0.20.2, Hadoop 0.20.203.0, and Hadoop 0.20.204.0
 	DO NOT have this attribute.
-        Currently only Hadoop versions 0.20.205.0 or any release in excess of this
+        Currently only Hadoop versions 0.20.205.x or any release in excess of this
         version has a durable sync.  You have to explicitly enable it though by
         setting <varname>dfs.support.append</varname> equal to true on both
         the client side -- in <filename>hbase-site.xml</filename> though it should
@@ -245,8 +245,7 @@ to ensure well-formedness of your document after an edit session.
     Cloudera' <link xlink:href="http://archive.cloudera.com/docs/">CDH3</link>
     is Apache Hadoop 0.20.x plus patches including all of the 
     <link xlink:href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.20-append/">branch-0.20-append</link>
-    additions needed to add a durable sync. Use the released version of CDH3 at least (They
-    have just posted an update).</para>
+    additions needed to add a durable sync. Use the released, most recent version of CDH3.</para>
     <para>
     <link xlink:href="http://www.mapr.com/">MapR</link>
     includes a commercial, reimplementation of HDFS.
@@ -256,9 +255,7 @@ to ensure well-formedness of your document after an edit session.
     </para>
 
         <para>Because HBase depends on Hadoop, it bundles an instance of the
-        Hadoop jar under its <filename>lib</filename> directory. The bundled
-        Hadoop was made from the Apache branch-0.20-append branch at the time
-        of the HBase's release.  The bundled jar is ONLY for use in standalone mode.
+        Hadoop jar under its <filename>lib</filename> directory. The bundled jar is ONLY for use in standalone mode.
         In distributed mode, it is <emphasis>critical</emphasis> that the version of Hadoop that is out
         on your cluster match what is under HBase.  Replace the hadoop jar found in the HBase
         <filename>lib</filename> directory with the hadoop jar you are running on