diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n/chapter.sgml
index bf9b2e777f..f88bad75d8 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n/chapter.sgml
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ keychange="<replaceable>fkey_number sequence</replaceable>"</programlisting>
       <primary><application>MySQL</application></primary>
     </indexterm>
     <para>However, some applications such as 
-      <application>MySQL</application> need to be have the
+      <application>MySQL</application> need to have their
       <filename>Makefile</filename> configured with the specific
       charset.  This is usually done in the
       <filename>Makefile</filename> or done by passing a value to