diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
index 197a42d760..be0b450363 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ cpu          I686_CPU</programlisting>
 
     <para>This is the identification of the kernel.  You should change
       this to whatever you named your kernel,
-      i.e. <literal><replaceable>MYKERNEL</replaceable></literal> if you have
+      i.e., <literal><replaceable>MYKERNEL</replaceable></literal> if you have
       followed the instructions of the previous examples.  The value you put
       in the <literal>ident</literal> string will print when you boot up the
       kernel, so it is useful to give the new kernel a different name if you
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ cpu          I686_CPU</programlisting>
 
     <para>The normal build process of &os; includes
       debugging information when building the kernel with the
-      the <option>-g</option> option, which enables debugging
+      <option>-g</option> option, which enables debugging
       information when passed to &man.gcc.1;.</para>
 
     <programlisting>options          SCHED_ULE         # ULE scheduler</programlisting>
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ device          wi         # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.
 device   loop          # Network loopback</programlisting>
 
     <para>This is the generic loopback device for TCP/IP.  If you telnet
-      or FTP to <hostid>localhost</hostid> (a.k.a. <hostid
+      or FTP to <hostid>localhost</hostid> (aka <hostid
       role="ipaddr">127.0.0.1</hostid>) it will come back at you through
       this device.  This is <emphasis>mandatory</emphasis>.</para>
 
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n/chapter.sgml
index 6ac3dd92c0..47e9070f35 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/l10n/chapter.sgml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 	</listitem>
 
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>Wide or multibyte encodings, e.g. EUC, Big5.</para>
+	  <para>Wide or multibyte encodings, e.g., EUC, Big5.</para>
 	</listitem>
       </itemizedlist>