diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.xml
index fd9e47ced0..d58c425d42 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.xml
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ good_tcpo="22,25,37,53,80,443,110"</programlisting>
<para>On the inbound side, the ruleset has to deny bad packets
and allow only authorized services. A packet which matches an
inbound rule is posted to the dynamic state table and the
- packet is released to the <acronym>LAN</acronym>. The packet
+ packet is released to the <acronym>LAN</acronym>. The packet
generated as a response is recognized by the
<literal>check-state</literal> rule as belonging to an
existing session. It is then sent to rule
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.xml
index 03c0cd7add..c2bb7aef51 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
<para>In order to configure a <acronym>PPP</acronym> connection,
first edit <filename>/etc/ppp/ppp.conf</filename> with the
- dial-in information for the <acronym>ISP</acronym>. This file
+ dial-in information for the <acronym>ISP</acronym>. This file
is described as follows:</para>
<programlisting>1 default:
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ set nbns 203.14.100.5</programlisting>
<programlisting>nat enable yes</programlisting>
<para>Alternatively, NAT may be enabled by command-line
- option <literal>-nat</literal>. There is also
+ option <literal>-nat</literal>. There is also
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> knob named
<literal>ppp_nat</literal>, which is enabled by
default.</para>
@@ -1511,8 +1511,8 @@ ppp_profile="adsl"</programlisting>
configure <application>mpd</application> is available in HTML
format in <filename>/usr/ports/share/doc/mpd/</filename>.
Here is a sample configuration for connecting to an ADSL
- service with <application>mpd</application>. The configuration
- is spread over two files, first the
+ service with <application>mpd</application>. The
+ configuration is spread over two files, first the
<filename>mpd.conf</filename>:</para>
<note>
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ ng0: flags=88d1<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
session to the DSL router. Ethernet DSL modems have a
preconfigured LAN <acronym>IP</acronym> address to connect to.
In the case of the Alcatel &speedtouch; Home, this address is
- <systemitem class="ipaddress">10.0.0.138</systemitem>. The
+ <systemitem class="ipaddress">10.0.0.138</systemitem>. The
router's documentation should list the address the device
uses. To open the tunnel and start a <acronym>PPP</acronym>
session:</para>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
index 47380c8108..70e5c2d7a3 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ dbus_enable="YES"</programlisting>
</note>
<para>If the test is unsuccessful, skip ahead to <xref
- linkend="x11-understanding"/>. Once the test is successful,
+ linkend="x11-understanding"/>. Once the test is successful,
copy the configuration file to
<filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename>:</para>