diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
index 9c0a2c7237..91051d0620 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
@@ -2808,7 +2808,7 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity  Mounted on
       Access Control (MAC) (see <xref linkend="mac">) help prevent
       unauthorized third-parties from accessing data while the operating
       system is active and the computer is powered up. However,
-      the permissions enforced by the operating system are moot if an
+      the permissions enforced by the operating system are irrelevant if an
       attacker has physical access to a computer and can simply move
       the computer's hard drive to another system to copy and analyze
       the sensitive data.</para>