diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/slides/Makefile b/en_US.ISO8859-1/slides/Makefile
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+# $FreeBSD$
+
+SUBDIR= freebsd-general
+
+DOC_PREFIX?= ${.CURDIR}/../..
+.include "${DOC_PREFIX}/share/mk/doc.project.mk"
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/slides/README b/en_US.ISO8859-1/slides/README
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+$FreeBSD$
+
+This directory holds slides for presentations about FreeBSD.
+
+The common/ directory holds XML files each containing at least one
+slide that are thought to be reusable across more than one
+presentation.  Other presentations can simply use <xi:include> to pull
+in the desired slides from the common directory.
+
+The freebsd-general/ directory holds an example presentation that
+includes general information about FreeBSD, including it's goals,
+organization, and features.
+
+Presentations from specific conferences or meetings can be added here
+in the following format :
+
+YYYYMMDD-eventname
+
+or
+
+YYYYMMDD-eventname-title
+
+as required.
+
+From within a presentation directory, simply type 'make' to build an
+HTML version of the presentation.
+
+PDF output is also supported, with 'make FORMATS=pdf'.