diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml
index 1adf9e7a88..10598b774d 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/special/chapter.xml
@@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ GLIB_SCHEMAS=	 org.regexxer.gschema.xml
 	      installed in the
 	      <filename>share/glib-2.0/schemas/</filename> directory.
 	      These schema files contain all application config values
-	      with there default settings.  The actual database used
+	      with their default settings.  The actual database used
 	      by the applications is built by
 	      <application>glib-compile-schema</application>, which is
 	      run by the <varname>GLIB_SCHEMAS</varname> macro.</para>
@@ -2025,7 +2025,7 @@ GLIB_SCHEMAS=	 org.regexxer.gschema.xml
 	      database is defined by installed schema files that are
 	      used to generate <filename>%gconf.xml</filename> key
 	      files.  For each schema file installed by the port,
-	      there be an entry in the
+	      there must be an entry in the
 	      <filename>Makefile</filename>:</para>
 
 	    <programlisting>GCONF_SCHEMAS=my_app.schemas my_app2.schemas my_app3.schemas</programlisting>