diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
index 21443ffe9c..9635558745 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
@@ -621,9 +621,9 @@ Comment out for now until these can be verified.
 	xlink:href="http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/">http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/</link>.</para>
 
     <note>
-      <para>The &os; svn mirror network is still in its early days,
+      <para>The &os; <application>Subversion</application> mirror network is still in its early days,
 	and will likely change.  Do not count on this list of mirrors
-	being static.  In particular, the SSL certificates of the
+	being static.  In particular, the <acronym>SSL</acronym> certificates of the
 	servers will likely change at some point.</para>
     </note>
 
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ Comment out for now until these can be verified.
 
 	    <entry>Location</entry>
 
-	    <entry>SSL fingerprint</entry>
+	    <entry><acronym>SSL</acronym> Fingerprint</entry>
 	  </row>
 	</thead>
 
@@ -650,10 +650,10 @@ Comment out for now until these can be verified.
 	    <entry><systemitem
 	      class="fqdomainname">svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org</systemitem></entry>
 
-	    <entry>svn, <link
-		xlink:href="http://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/">http</link>,
+	    <entry><literal>svn</literal>, <link
+		xlink:href="http://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>http</literal></link>,
 	      <link
-		xlink:href="https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/">https</link></entry>
+		xlink:href="https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>https</literal></link></entry>
 
 	    <entry>USA, California</entry>
 
@@ -665,10 +665,10 @@ Comment out for now until these can be verified.
 	    <entry><systemitem
 	      class="fqdomainname">svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org</systemitem></entry>
 
-	    <entry>svn, <link
-		xlink:href="http://svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org/">http</link>,
+	    <entry><literal>svn</literal>, <link
+		xlink:href="http://svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>http</literal></link>,
 	      <link
-		xlink:href="https://svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org/">https</link>,
+		xlink:href="https://svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>https</literal></link>,
 	      rsync</entry>
 
 	    <entry>USA, New Jersey</entry>
@@ -681,10 +681,10 @@ Comment out for now until these can be verified.
 	    <entry><systemitem
 		class="fqdomainname">svn0.eu.FreeBSD.org</systemitem></entry>
 
-	    <entry>svn, <link
-		xlink:href="http://svn0.eu.FreeBSD.org/">http</link>,
+	    <entry><literal>svn</literal>, <link
+		xlink:href="http://svn0.eu.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>http</literal></link>,
 	      <link
-		xlink:href="https://svn0.eu.FreeBSD.org/">https</link>,
+		xlink:href="https://svn0.eu.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>https</literal></link>,
 	      rsync</entry>
 
 	    <entry>Europe, UK</entry>
@@ -728,10 +728,10 @@ Certificate information:
       the user will not be asked to verify the fingerprint again until
       the certificate expires.</para>
 
-    <para>If <acronym>HTTPS</acronym> cannot be used due to firewall
-      or other problems, <literal>SVN</literal> is the next choice,
+    <para>If <literal>https</literal> cannot be used due to firewall
+      or other problems, <literal>svn</literal> is the next choice,
       with slightly faster transfers.  When neither can be used, use
-      <acronym>HTTP</acronym>.</para>
+      <literal>HTTP</literal>.</para>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 xml:id="cvsup">