diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml
index 1ea164128b..9a24713816 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml
@@ -1401,8 +1401,8 @@ root     5211  0.0  0.2  3620  1724   2  I+    2:09AM   0:00.01 passwd</screen>
       <firstterm>partitions</firstterm>, which are represented as
       letters from <literal>a</literal> to <literal>h</literal>.  This
       letter is appended to the device name, so
-      <quote>da0<emphasis>a</emphasis></quote> is the a partition on
-      the first da drive, which is <quote>dangerously
+      <quote>da0<emphasis>a</emphasis></quote> is the <literal>a</literal> partition on
+      the first <literal>da</literal> drive, which is <quote>dangerously
       dedicated</quote>. <quote>ad1s3<emphasis>e</emphasis></quote> is
       the fifth partition in the third slice of the second IDE disk
       drive.</para>