diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
index a2515918f5..42e648eb04 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialcomms/chapter.sgml
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ ttyd5   "/usr/libexec/getty std.19200"  vt100  on  insecure
 	of this configuration is that the remote user always sees a system
 	login prompt immediately.  The downside is that the system does not
 	know what a user's true data rate is, so full-screen programs like
-	Emacs will not adjust their screen-painting
+	<application>Emacs</application> will not adjust their screen-painting
 	methods to make their response better for slower connections.</para>
 
       <para>The other school configures their modems' RS-232 interface to vary
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ stty -f /dev/cuad1.init crtscts</programlisting>
 
       <para>If you have a modem whose parameters may be permanently set in
 	non-volatile RAM, you will need to use a terminal program (such as
-	Telix under &ms-dos; or
+	<application>Telix</application> under &ms-dos; or
 	<command>tip</command> under FreeBSD) to set the parameters.  Connect
 	to the modem using the same communications speed as the initial speed
 	<command>getty</command> will use and configure the modem's