--- wikisrc/ports/xen/howto.mdwn	2016/12/20 15:07:56	1.118
+++ wikisrc/ports/xen/howto.mdwn	2016/12/20 16:06:08	1.119
@@ -111,15 +111,16 @@ need to use xm instead of xl, or if you 
 (because your hardware is i386 only).
 
 xenkernel45 provides Xen 4.5.  As of 2016-12, security patches were
-released by Xen and applied to pkgsrc.  Xen 4.5 requires an amd64
-dom0, but domUs can be amd64 or i386 PAE.  TODO: It is either a
-conservative choice or somewhat old.
+released by Xen and applied to pkgsrc.  Xen 4.5 requires using a dom0
+running NetBSD's amd64 port (Intel or AMD hardware is fine), but domUs
+can be amd64 or i386 PAE.  TODO: It is either a conservative choice or
+somewhat old.
 
 xenkernel46 provides Xen 4.6.  It is new to pkgsrc as of 2016-05.  As
 of 2016-12, security patches were released by Xen and applied to
-pkgsrc.  Xen 4.6 requires an amd64 dom0, but domUs can be amd64 or
-i386 PAE.  TODO: It is either a somewhat aggressive choice or the
-standard choice
+pkgsrc.  Xen 4.6 similarly requires a NetBSD/amd64 dom0, but domUs can
+be amd64 or i386 PAE.  TODO: It is either a somewhat aggressive choice
+or the standard choice.
 
 Xen 4.7 (released 2016-06) and 4.8 (released 2016-12) are not yet in
 pkgsrc.