diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml
index 0dca17fa4d..904cf8e0fb 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ kld snd_ich (1p/2r/0v channels duplex default)</screen>
       facility.  Virtual channels allow you to multiplex your sound
       card's playback by mixing sound in the kernel.</para>
 
-    <para>To set the number of virtual channels, there are two sysctl
+    <para>To set the number of virtual channels, there are three sysctl
       knobs which, if you are the <username>root</username> user, can
       be set like this:</para>
     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl dev.pcm.0.play.vchans=4</userinput>