diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml
index 0218f9d96c..c7c9a97104 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
 
 	<indexterm><primary>snapshot</primary></indexterm>
 
-	<para>&os.current; is the latest working sources for &os;.
+	<para>&os.current; is the very latest source code for &os;.
 	  This includes work in progress, experimental changes, and
 	  transitional mechanisms that might or might not be present
 	  in the next official release of the software.  While many
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
 	  buildable.  These problems are resolved as quickly as
 	  possible, but whether or not &os.current; brings disaster or
 	  greatly desired functionality can be a matter of when the
-	  source code was synced</para>
+	  source code was synced.</para>
       </sect3>
 
       <sect3>
@@ -1288,13 +1288,13 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
 	  </listitem>
 
 	  <listitem>
-	    <para>A quick way of getting bug fixes, though the fix is
+	    <para>A quick way of getting bug fixes.  Any given commit is
 	      just as likely to introduce new bugs as to fix existing
 	      ones.</para>
 	  </listitem>
 
 	  <listitem>
-	    <para>In no way <quote>officially
+	    <para>In any way <quote>officially
 		supported</quote>.</para>
 	  </listitem>
 	</orderedlist>
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
 	<para>For these reasons, one should <emphasis>not</emphasis>
 	  blindly track &os.stable;.  It is particularly important not
 	  to update any production servers to &os.stable; without
-	  first thoroughly testing the code in that development
+	  first thoroughly testing the code in a development/testing
 	  environment.</para>
 
 	<para>Except for those users who have the resources to perform
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
 	      to respond if they have any issues to raise concerning
 	      the proposed change.</para>
 
-	    <para>Join the relevant <application>SVN</application>
+	    <para>Join the relevant <application>svn</application>
 	      list for the branch being tracked.  For example, users
 	      tracking the 9-STABLE branch should join the
 	      &a.svn-src-stable-9.name; list.  This list records the
@@ -1510,9 +1510,9 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
 	  </listitem>
 
 	  <listitem>
-	    <para>To install a new system in order to run monthly
+	    <para>To install a new system running monthly
 	      snapshots built from &os.stable;, refer to <ulink
-		url="&url.base;/snapshots/">Snapshots</ulink>for more
+		url="&url.base;/snapshots/">Snapshots</ulink> for more
 	      information.  Alternatively, it is possible to install
 	      the most recent &os.stable; release from the <link
 		linkend="mirrors">mirror sites</link> and follow the
@@ -1568,13 +1568,6 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done.</screen>
 	    </orderedlist>
 	  </listitem>
 
-	  <listitem>
-	    <para>If you need rapid on-demand access to the source and
-	      communications bandwidth is not a consideration, use
-	      <application>Subversion</application>.  Otherwise, use
-	      <application>CTM</application>.</para>
-	  </listitem>
-
 	  <listitem>
 	    <indexterm>
 	      <primary>-STABLE</primary>