diff --git a/handbook/dialout.sgml b/handbook/dialout.sgml
index 0964e8f5a7..3d1bf46bd7 100644
--- a/handbook/dialout.sgml
+++ b/handbook/dialout.sgml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!-- This is an SGML document in the linuxdoc DTD of the Tutorial for
      Configuring a FreeBSD for Dialout Services.
-     $Id: dialout.sgml,v 1.2 1996-11-30 23:51:45 mpp Exp $
+     $Id: dialout.sgml,v 1.3 1997-01-10 07:46:52 mpp Exp $
 
      The FreeBSD Documentation Project
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The following are tips to getting your host to be able to connect over the modem
           just a hard link to <tt/tip/.
 
       <sect1>
-	<heading>My stock Hayes modem is not supported&mdash;what can I do?</heading>
+	<heading>My stock Hayes modem is not supported, what can I do?</heading>
         <p>
           Actually, the man page for <tt/tip/ is out of date.  There is a
           generic Hayes dialer already built in.  Just use
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ The following are tips to getting your host to be able to connect over the modem
           and several thousand students trying to use them...
         <p>
           Make an entry for your university in <tt>/etc/remote</tt>
-          and use <tt>\@</tt> for the <tt/pn/ capability:
+          and use <tt>@</tt> for the <tt/pn/ capability:
           <verb>
             big-university:\
             :pn=\@:tc=dialout
diff --git a/handbook/kernelopts.sgml b/handbook/kernelopts.sgml
index 19011f501b..392803a09d 100644
--- a/handbook/kernelopts.sgml
+++ b/handbook/kernelopts.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: kernelopts.sgml,v 1.4 1997-01-02 17:00:26 max Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: kernelopts.sgml,v 1.5 1997-01-10 07:46:53 mpp Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 <!-- <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC '-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN'> -->
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ id="kernelconfig" name="kernel configuration"> before reading here.
 <verb>
 #ifdef THAT_OPTION
 
-...
+[your code here]
 
 #endif
 </verb>
diff --git a/handbook/mail.sgml b/handbook/mail.sgml
index d6dbb88887..1f84ee2597 100644
--- a/handbook/mail.sgml
+++ b/handbook/mail.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!--  $Id: mail.sgml,v 1.5 1997-01-10 07:02:43 mpp Exp $
+<!--  $Id: mail.sgml,v 1.6 1997-01-10 07:46:54 mpp Exp $
       The FreeBSD Documentation Project
 
 <!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN">
@@ -422,9 +422,9 @@ OwTrue
 
 That way a remote site will deliver straight to you, without trying 
 the customer connection.  You then send to your customer.  Only works for 
-'hosts', so you need to get your customer to name their mail machine 
-'customer.com' as well as 'hostname.customer.com' in the DNS.  Just put 
-an A record in the DNS for 'customer.com'.
+"hosts", so you need to get your customer to name their mail machine 
+"customer.com" as well as "hostname.customer.com" in the DNS.  Just put 
+an A record in the DNS for "customer.com".
 </verb>
 
       </sect1>
diff --git a/handbook/term.sgml b/handbook/term.sgml
index ae1aca84a4..c801549ece 100644
--- a/handbook/term.sgml
+++ b/handbook/term.sgml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- This is an SGML document in the linuxdoc DTD describing
      hardwired terminals with FreeBSD.  By Sean Kelly, (c) 1996.
 
-     $Id: term.sgml,v 1.4 1996-11-03 14:46:16 max Exp $
+     $Id: term.sgml,v 1.5 1997-01-10 07:46:56 mpp Exp $
 
      The FreeBSD Documentation Project
 
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ ttyd5   "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200"
 	  type does not change, so you can put a real terminal type in
 	  this field.
 
-	  Users will usually use the <tt/tset/ program in their
-	  <tt/.login/ or <tt/.profile/ files to check the terminal
+	  Users will usually use the <tt/tset/ program in 
+	  their <tt/.login/ or <tt/.profile/ files to check the terminal
 	  type and prompt for one if necessary.  By setting a terminal
 	  type in the <tt>/etc/ttys</tt> file, users can forego such
 	  prompting.