diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
index 60e9c2e48f..d7c5a1fa63 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
@@ -2379,7 +2379,7 @@ ng0: flags=88d1<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
 	 make sure than nobody can read the contents of this file. The
 	 following series of commands will make sure the file is only
 	 readable by the <username>root</username> account. Refer to the
-	 manuals pages for &man.chmod.1; and &man.chown.8; for further
+	 manual pages for &man.chmod.1; and &man.chown.8; for further
 	 information.</para>
 	 <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chown root:wheel /etc/ppp/ppp.conf</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>chmod 600 /etc/ppp/ppp.conf</userinput></screen>