diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.sgml
index 72970d9733..3cf1b3bcbc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.sgml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ KMOD=skeleton
       accesses a device node.  The <command>/dev/MAKEDEV</command>
       script makes most of the device nodes for your system but if you
       are doing your own driver development it may be necessary to
-      create your own device nodes with <command>mknod</command>
+      create your own device nodes with <command>mknod</command>.
     </para>
 
     <sect2>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ KMOD=skeleton
 
       <para>The <command>mknod</command> command requires four
 	arguments to create a device node.  You must specify the name
-	of this device node, the type of device, the major number of
+	of the device node, the type of device, the major number of
 	the device, and the minor number of the device.</para>
     </sect2>
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ KMOD=skeleton
 	This eliminates the problems of potentially having a device
 	driver without a static device node, or a device node without
 	an installed device driver.  Devfs is still a work in
-	progress, but it is already working quite nice.</para>
+	progress, but it is already working quite nicely.</para>
     </sect2>
 
   </sect1>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.sgml
index 72970d9733..3cf1b3bcbc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/driverbasics/chapter.sgml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ KMOD=skeleton
       accesses a device node.  The <command>/dev/MAKEDEV</command>
       script makes most of the device nodes for your system but if you
       are doing your own driver development it may be necessary to
-      create your own device nodes with <command>mknod</command>
+      create your own device nodes with <command>mknod</command>.
     </para>
 
     <sect2>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ KMOD=skeleton
 
       <para>The <command>mknod</command> command requires four
 	arguments to create a device node.  You must specify the name
-	of this device node, the type of device, the major number of
+	of the device node, the type of device, the major number of
 	the device, and the minor number of the device.</para>
     </sect2>
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ KMOD=skeleton
 	This eliminates the problems of potentially having a device
 	driver without a static device node, or a device node without
 	an installed device driver.  Devfs is still a work in
-	progress, but it is already working quite nice.</para>
+	progress, but it is already working quite nicely.</para>
     </sect2>
 
   </sect1>