diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/overview/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/overview/chapter.xml
index 77f071c4f7..0deb064ee2 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/overview/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/overview/chapter.xml
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@
       </step>
 
       <step>
-	<para>Install a local working copy of the documentation from a
-	  mirror of the &os; repository in
+	<para>Install a local working copy of the documentation from
+	  the &os; repository in
 	  <filename>~/doc</filename> (see
 	  <xref linkend="working-copy"/>).</para>
 
-	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn checkout https://<replaceable>svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org</replaceable>/doc/head <replaceable>~/doc</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn checkout https://svn.FreeBSD.org/doc/head <replaceable>~/doc</replaceable></userinput></screen>
       </step>
 
       <step>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/translations/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/translations/chapter.xml
index 32631bd613..51f93618dc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/translations/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/translations/chapter.xml
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@
 	  copy of the FreeBSD Subversion repository (at least the
 	  documentation part).  This can be done by running:</para>
 
-	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn checkout <replaceable>https://svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org</replaceable>/doc/head/ head</userinput></screen>
+	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn checkout https://svn.FreeBSD.org/doc/head/ head</userinput></screen>
 
-	<para><link xlink:href="https://svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org/">svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org</link>
+	<para><link xlink:href="https://svn.FreeBSD.org/">svn.FreeBSD.org</link>
 	is a public <literal>SVN</literal> server.
-	Select the closest mirror and verify the mirror server
+	Verify the server
 	certificate from the list of <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/svn.html#svn-mirrors">Subversion
 	mirror sites</link>.</para>
 
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/working-copy/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/working-copy/chapter.xml
index 386f962c5b..bd110c0d6a 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/working-copy/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/working-copy/chapter.xml
@@ -63,17 +63,6 @@
       to the latest version, called <literal>head</literal>.</para>
   </sect1>
 
-  <sect1 xml:id="working-copy-choosing-mirror">
-    <title>Choosing a Mirror</title>
-
-    <para>To increase speed and reduce download time, select a mirror
-      from the list of <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/svn.html#svn-mirrors">Subversion
-	mirror sites</link> that is close to your location.
-      Substitute the chosen mirror <acronym>URL</acronym> for the
-      <replaceable>https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/</replaceable>
-      used in these examples.</para>
-  </sect1>
-
   <sect1 xml:id="working-copy-choosing-directory">
     <title>Choosing a Directory</title>
 
@@ -98,7 +87,7 @@
       copy of the latest version (<literal>head</literal>) of
       the main documentation tree:</para>
 
-    <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn checkout <replaceable>https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/doc/head</replaceable> <replaceable>~/doc</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+    <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn checkout https://svn.FreeBSD.org/doc/head <replaceable>~/doc</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
     <para>A checkout of the source code to work on manual pages is
       very similar:</para>