diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
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--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ console none                            unknown off secure</programlisting>
   <sect1 id="binary-formats">
     <title>Binary Formats</title>
 
-    <para>To understand why FreeBSD uses the <filename>ELF</filename>
+    <para>To understand why FreeBSD uses the <acronym>ELF</acronym>
       format, you must first know a little about the 3 currently
       <quote>dominant</quote> executable formats for Unix:</para>