diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml
index b521cb1980..6db2c8383d 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ postmaster@example.com          postmaster@noc.example.net
 	  <filename>/usr/local/etc/rc.d/</filename> that
 	  ends in <filename>.sh</filename> and is executable by
 	  root.  The script should also accept the parameters 'start'
-	  or 'stop'.  So that you could, for example, execute
+	  and 'stop'.  So that you could, for example, execute
 	  <filename>/usr/local/etc/rc.d/supermailer.sh start</filename>
 	  or <filename>/usr/local/etc/rc.d/supermailer.sh stop</filename>.
 	  The system will call your script using 'start' when the it