diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom/chapter.xml
index d2a2ac3c0f..10f65af86e 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom/chapter.xml
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ mountroot&gt;</screen>
 
       <para>Forgetting to load the <filename>geom_mirror.ko</filename>
 	module in <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> can cause
-	this problem.  To fix it, boot from a &os;&nbsp;9.0 or later
+	this problem.  To fix it, boot from a &os;
 	installation media and choose <literal>Shell</literal> at the
 	first prompt.  Then load the mirror module and mount the
 	mirror device:</para>
@@ -1570,8 +1570,8 @@ devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
 /dev/label/var on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates)</screen>
       </example>
 
-      <para>Starting with &os;&nbsp;7.2, the &man.glabel.8; class
-	supports a new label type for <acronym>UFS</acronym> file
+      <para>The &man.glabel.8; class
+	supports a label type for <acronym>UFS</acronym> file
 	systems, based on the unique file system id,
 	<literal>ufsid</literal>.  These labels may be found in
 	<filename>/dev/ufsid</filename> and are
@@ -1614,8 +1614,8 @@ ufsid/486b6fc16926168e     N/A  ad4s1f</screen>
       <primary>Journaling</primary>
     </indexterm>
 
-    <para>Beginning with &os;&nbsp;7.0, support for journals on
-      <acronym>UFS</acronym> file systems is available.  The
+    <para>Support for journals on
+      <acronym>UFS</acronym> file systems is available on &os;.  The
       implementation is provided through the <acronym>GEOM</acronym>
       subsystem and is configured using <command>gjournal</command>.
       Unlike other file system journaling implementations, the