diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
index a21cbb84b6..2ea57402e0 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -9806,7 +9806,7 @@ hint.sio.7.irq="12"</programlisting>
 
             <warning>
               <para>The <option>-R</option> option does a
-                <emphasis>RECURSIVE</emphasis> &man.chmod.1;.  Be
+                <emphasis>recursive</emphasis> &man.chmod.1;.  Be
                 careful about specifying directories or symlinks to
                 directories to &man.chmod.1;.  If you want to change
                 the permissions of a directory referenced by a