diff --git a/src/docbkx/getting_started.xml b/src/docbkx/getting_started.xml
index 32ea93ff0f8..3d5debbaaaf 100644
--- a/src/docbkx/getting_started.xml
+++ b/src/docbkx/getting_started.xml
@@ -221,19 +221,17 @@ stopping hbase...............</programlisting></para>
         will lose data unless it is running on an HDFS that has a durable
         <code>sync</code>. Currently only the <link
         xlink:href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.20-append/">branch-0.20-append</link>
-        branch has this attribute <footnote>
+        branch has this attribute<footnote>
             <para>See <link
             xlink:href="http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.20-append/CHANGES.txt">CHANGES.txt</link>
             in branch-0.20-append to see list of patches involved adding
             append on the Hadoop 0.20 branch.</para>
           </footnote>. No official releases have been made from this branch up
         to now so you will have to build your own Hadoop from the tip of this
-        branch. Check it out using this url, <link
-        xlink:href="https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.20-append/">branch-0.20-append</link>.
-        Scroll down in the Hadoop <link
-        xlink:href="http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToRelease">How To
-        Release</link> to the section <emphasis>Build Requirements</emphasis>
-        for instruction on how to build Hadoop.</para>
+        branch.  Michael Noll has written a detailed blog,
+        <link xlink:href="http://www.michael-noll.com/blog/2011/04/14/building-an-hadoop-0-20-x-version-for-hbase-0-90-2/">Building
+        an Hadoop 0.20.x version for HBase 0.90.2</link>, on how to build an
+        Hadoop from branch-0.20-append.  Recommended.</para>
 
         <para>Or rather than build your own, you could use Cloudera's <link
         xlink:href="http://archive.cloudera.com/docs/">CDH3</link>. CDH has