diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
index 6f9f64f802..2a14c77ba0 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
@@ -2432,8 +2432,8 @@ doc/zh_*</screen>
 	  <filename role="directory">/usr/ports</filename> is not
 	  created.  If you run &os;&nbsp;6.0-RELEASE, it should be created before
 	  <command>portsnap</command> is used.  On more recent
-	  versions of &os; or <application>Portsnap</application>
-	  port, this operation will be done automatically at first use
+	  versions of &os; or <application>Portsnap</application>,
+	  this operation will be done automatically at first use
 	  of the <command>portsnap</command> command.<para>
       </note>
     </sect2>
@@ -2477,7 +2477,7 @@ doc/zh_*</screen>
 	<command>cron</command> job, since it is liable to cause
 	major problems if it happens to run at the same time as a port
 	is being built or installed.  However, it is safe to update
-	the ports <filename>INDEX</filename> files, and this can be done by passing the
+	the ports' <filename>INDEX</filename> files, and this can be done by passing the
 	<option>-I</option> flag to
 	<command>portsnap</command>.  (Obviously, if
 	<command>portsnap -I update</command> is run from