Adding Text to Login Window in 10.9

I travel a lot and am always concerned at the possibility of losing my MacBook Pro. In previous versions of OSX I've modified the com.apple.loginwindow.plist to display a message on the login screen as follows:
"If you find this computer please contact me at [email protected] or via telephone at +1(XXX)xxx.xxxx"
If a finder started up the laptop they would see this message without logging in.
The plist modification took the form:
<key>LoginwindowText</key>
<string>If you find this computer please contact me at [email protected] or via telephone at +1(XXX)xxx.xxxx</string>
However, in 10.9 the com.apple.loginwindow.plist content doesn't look like it did in previous versions so I'm a bit hesitant on how to modify it.
Questions:
1. Has anyone tried this on 10.9 and where did you place the modification within the existing plist instructions?
2. If the method mentioned above doesn't work in 10.9 is there another way of doing this?
Thanks!
Jim

Solved this ... you can enter text that will show on the login screen without modifying the plist cited above.
Preferences
Security & Privacy
General
Set Lock Message
enter the text you desire.
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