diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
index 82dccd910f..04dc6417ab 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
@@ -798,13 +798,13 @@ subscribe cvs-all</programlisting>
 
         <note>
           <para>If your CMOS clock is set to local time and not to GMT
-	    (this is true if the output of the <command>date</command> command
+	    (this is true if the output of the &man.date.1; command
 	    does not show the correct time and zone),
             you may also need to run the following command:</para>
 <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>adjkerntz -i</userinput></screen>
 
           <para>This will make sure that your local timezone settings
-            get set up correctly - without this, you may later run into some
+            get set up correctly &mdash; without this, you may later run into some
             problems.
           </para>
         </note>
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ Script done, &hellip;</screen>
       
       <para>You are now done.  After you have verified that everything appears
 	to be in the right place you can reboot the system.  A simple
-	&man.fastboot.8; should do it.</para>
+	&man.fastboot.8; should do it:</para>
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>fastboot</userinput></screen>
     </sect2>