diff --git a/networking/textweb/lynx.xml b/networking/textweb/lynx.xml
index 59e0e3aaca..7638967e2c 100644
--- a/networking/textweb/lynx.xml
+++ b/networking/textweb/lynx.xml
@@ -193,9 +193,10 @@ chgrp -v -R root /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_doc</userinput></screen
 
       <para>The proper way to get the display character set is to examine the
       current locale. However, <application>Lynx</application> does not do
-      this by default. Change this setting:</para>
+      this by default. As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+      user, change this setting:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/#\(LOCALE_CHARSET\):FALSE/\1:TRUE/' /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i 's/#\(LOCALE_CHARSET\):FALSE/\1:TRUE/' /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>The built-in editor in <application>Lynx</application>
       <xref linkend="locale-wrong-multibyte-characters"/>. This issue manifests
@@ -204,8 +205,9 @@ chgrp -v -R root /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_doc</userinput></screen
       network when one edits the contents of text areas. The only solution
       to this problem is to configure <application>Lynx</application> to
       use an external editor (bound to the <quote>Ctrl+X e</quote> key
-      combination by default):</para>
-<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/#\(DEFAULT_EDITOR\):/\1:vi/' /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</userinput></screen>
+      combination by default). Still as the
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i 's/#\(DEFAULT_EDITOR\):/\1:vi/' /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</userinput></screen>
 
       <para><application>Lynx</application> handles the following values of
       the DEFAULT_EDITOR option specially by adding cursor-positioning
@@ -217,8 +219,10 @@ chgrp -v -R root /usr/share/doc/lynx-&lynx-version;/lynx_doc</userinput></screen
       <xref linkend="vim"/>, set this option to <quote>vi</quote>).</para>
 
       <para>By default, <application>Lynx</application> doesn't save cookies
-      between sessions. Change this setting:</para>
-<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/#\(PERSISTENT_COOKIES\):FALSE/\1:TRUE/' /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</userinput></screen>
+      between sessions. Again as the
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, change this
+      setting:</para>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i 's/#\(PERSISTENT_COOKIES\):FALSE/\1:TRUE/' /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>Many other system-wide settings such as proxies can also be set
       in the <filename>/etc/lynx/lynx.cfg</filename> file.</para>