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@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ join channels whose operators are that evil.</p>
 
 <h3>Q: How to make UTF-8 support work with irssi?</h3>
 
-<p>A: xterm -u8, screen -U, /SET term_type utf-8</p>
+<p>A: Make sure your terminal supports UTF-8 (for example, <code>xterm -u8</code>).
+If you use screen, you may have to do <code>screen -U</code>. And in Irssi do
+<code>/SET term_charset utf-8</code>. (for 0.8.9 and older: <code>/SET term_type utf-8</code>)</p>
 
 
 <h3>Q: Will there be /DETACH-like feature?</h3>