diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
index d9b95fd472..5dc4226d84 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
     <note>
       <para>As of &os; 5.0, kernels are installed along with their
 	modules in <filename>/boot/kernel</filename>, and old kernels
-	will be backed up as <filename>/boot/kernel.old</filename>.
+	will be backed up in <filename>/boot/kernel.old</filename>.
 	Other files relating to the boot process, such as the boot
 	&man.loader.8; and configuration are also stored in
 	<filename>/boot</filename>.  Third party or custom modules