diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom/chapter.sgml
index f10043c341..f24f095194 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom/chapter.sgml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
       users to back up data without interruption.  When a mirror exists,
       it simply means that diskB replicates diskA.  Or, perhaps diskC+D
       replicates diskA+B.  Regardless of the disk configuration, the
-      important aspect isthat information on one disk or partition is
+      important aspect is that information on one disk or partition is
       being replicated.  Later, that information could be more easily
       restored, backed up without causing service or access
       interruption, and even be physically stored in a data
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
       system.  This example uses the &man.dump.8; and &man.restore.8;
       commands; however, &man.dd.1; would also work with this scenario.
       We skip using &man.tar.1; because it will not copy over the boot
-      code.  Thus, failure would be guarenteed.</para>
+      code.  Thus, failure would be guaranteed.</para>
 
     <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dump -L -0 -f- / |(cd /mnt && restore -r -v -f-)</userinput></screen>