diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml
index 4d129be5..4017b8fb 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/howtoChap.sgml
@@ -508,14 +508,16 @@ from a network. </Para>
 
 <ListItem>
 <Para>
-<ULINK URL="../Distribution-HOWTO.html">
-Distribution-HOWTO</ULink>,
 <CiteTitle>The Linux Distribution HOWTO</CiteTitle>
 </Para><Para>
 <CiteTitle>Updated: June 2000</CiteTitle>.
 Intended to help new users choose a Linux distribution, and to
 help experienced users track the state of the Linux market. </Para>
 <Para>
+This HOWTO has been removed at the request of the author. A
+new Distribution HOWTO is in the process of being developed.
+</Para>
+<Para>
 <EMPHASIS>Further information on Linux Distributions can
 be found on the Linux Weekly News (LWN) site:
 <ULINK URL="http://lwn.net/current/dists.php3">Distributions 
diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/osSect.sgml b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/osSect.sgml
index 3495167a..c3d1526a 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/osSect.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/HOWTO-INDEX/osSect.sgml
@@ -110,17 +110,19 @@ switch to Linux. </Para>
 
 <ListItem>
 <Para>
-<ULINK URL="../Distribution-HOWTO.html">
-Distribution-HOWTO</ULink>,
 <CiteTitle>The Linux Distribution HOWTO</CiteTitle>
 </Para><Para>
 <CiteTitle>Updated: June 2000</CiteTitle>.
 Intended to help new users choose a Linux distribution, and to
 help experienced users track the state of the Linux market. </Para>
 <Para>
+This HOWTO has been removed at the request of the author. A
+new Distribution HOWTO is in the process of being developed.
+</Para>
+<Para>
 <EMPHASIS>Further information on Linux Distributions can
 be found on the Linux Weekly News (LWN) site:
-<ULINK URL="http://lwn.net/current/dists.php3">Distributions 
+<ULINK URL="http://lwn.net/current/dists.php3">Distributions
 section</ULink>. </EMPHASIS> </Para>
 </ListItem>