diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
index 0643375574..113cbd30db 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ da0: 126MB (258048 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 126C)
following line to
/etc/sysctl.conf:
- vfs.usermount="1"
+ vfs.usermount=1
Note that this only takes effect after the next reboot.
Alternatively, one can also use &man.sysctl.8; to set this