diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/win-overview.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/win-overview.scrbl
index 8d5670eedd..a3585dd348 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/win-overview.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/win-overview.scrbl
@@ -458,10 +458,9 @@ Each @tech{containee}, or child, has the following properties:
 
 A @tech{container} arranges its children based on these four
  properties of each @tech{containee}. A @tech{containee}'s parent
- container is specified when the @tech{containee} is created, and the
- parent cannot be changed. However, a @tech{containee} can be
- @tech{hidden} or @tech{deleted} within its parent, as described in
- @secref["containers"].
+ container is specified when the @tech{containee} is created. A window
+ @tech{containee} can be @tech{hidden} or @tech{deleted} within its
+ parent, and its parent can be changed by @tech{reparent}ing.
 
 The @deftech{graphical minimum size} of a particular containee, as
  reported by @method[area<%> get-graphical-min-size], depends on the
@@ -535,10 +534,11 @@ These properties are factored into the container's calculation of its
  size and stretchability are the same as for its containee aspect.
 
 A containee's parent container is specified when the containee is
- created, and the parent cannot be changed. However, a containee
+ created. A containee
  window can be @tech{hidden} or @tech{deleted} within its parent
- container (but a non-window containee cannot be @tech{hidden} or
- @tech{deleted}):
+ container, and its parent can be changed by @tech{reparent}ing
+ (but a non-window containee cannot be @tech{hidden},
+ @tech{deleted}, or @tech{reparent}ed):
 
 @itemize[
 
@@ -553,6 +553,10 @@ A containee's parent container is specified when the containee is
  delete-child] or @method[area-container<%> add-child] method (which
  calls the child's @method[window<%> show] method).}
 
+ @item{To @deftech{reparent} a window containee, use the
+ @method[subwindow<%> reparent] method. The window retains its
+ @tech{hidden} or @tech{deleted} status within its new parent.}
+
 ]
 
 When a child is created, it is initially shown and non-deleted. A