diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
index 8cd112eda8..8dbbd86e84 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
@@ -1256,9 +1256,9 @@ Swap: 256M Total, 38M Used, 217M Free, 15% Inuse
ee, all of the
commands for manipulating the editor's functions are listed at the
top of the display. The caret ^ character means
- the control key on the keyboard, so ^e expands to pressing the
- control key plus the letter e. To leave
- ee, hit the escape key, then choose leave
+ the Ctrl key on the keyboard, so ^e expands to the key combination
+ Ctrle. To leave
+ ee, hit the Esc key, then choose leave
editor. The editor will prompt you to save any changes if the file
has been modified.
@@ -1277,9 +1277,9 @@ Swap: 256M Total, 38M Used, 217M Free, 15% Inuse
emacs
FreeBSD also comes with more powerful text editors such as
- vi as part of the base system, and
- emacs and vim
- as part of the FreeBSD Ports Collection. These editors offer much
+ vi as part of the base system, while other editors, like
+ emacs and vim,
+ are part of the FreeBSD Ports Collection. These editors offer much
more functionality and power at the expense of being a little more
complicated to learn. However if you plan on doing a lot of text
editing, learning a more powerful editor such as