diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.xml
index cd996bc8aa..3ebb508775 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.xml
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ hostname=_HOSTNAME_</programlisting>
       <systemitem class="fqdomainname">relay.example.net</systemitem>,
       allowing quicker mail transmission.</para>
 
-    <para>The following <filename>.mc</filename> file should
+    <para>The following <filename>.mc</filename> should
       suffice:</para>
 
     <programlisting>VERSIONID(`bsd.home.mc version 1.0')
@@ -1335,9 +1335,9 @@ SENDMAIL_LDADD=-lsasl2</programlisting>
 	<para>After <application>Sendmail</application> has been
 	  compiled and reinstalled, edit
 	  <filename>/etc/mail/freebsd.mc</filename> or the local
-	  <filename>.mc</filename> file.  Many administrators choose
-	  to use the output from &man.hostname.1; as the name of the
-	  <filename>.mc</filename> file for uniqueness.  Add these
+	  <filename>.mc</filename>.  Many administrators choose
+	  to use the output from &man.hostname.1; as the name of
+	  <filename>.mc</filename> for uniqueness.  Add these
 	  lines:</para>
 
 	<programlisting>dnl set SASL options