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 612188129c..4b4a35cebc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ Script done, &hellip;</screen>
 
 	<para>In FreeBSD&nbsp;4.2 and older you must replace
 	  <literal>KERNCONF=</literal> with <literal>KERNEL=</literal>.
-	  4.2-STABLE that was fetched before Feb 2nd, 2001 does
+	  4.2-STABLE that was fetched before Feb 2nd, 2001 does not
 	  recognize <literal>KERNCONF=</literal>.</para>
       </note>
 
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
index 13977229ef..e1de7fdc0c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
     <note>
       <para>In FreeBSD&nbsp;4.2 and older you must replace
         <literal>KERNCONF=</literal> with <literal>KERNEL=</literal>.
-        4.2-STABLE that was fetched before Feb 2nd, 2001 does
+        4.2-STABLE that was fetched before Feb 2nd, 2001 does not
         recognize <literal>KERNCONF=</literal>.</para>
     </note>