diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/structure/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/structure/chapter.xml
index 9a77391136..a5fb852efd 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/structure/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/structure/chapter.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 	<note>
 	  <para>The Handbook's organization may change over time, and
 	    this document may lag in detailing the organizational
-	    changes.  Post questions about Handbook organization to
+	    changes.  Post questions about Handbook organization to the
 	    &a.doc;.</para>
 	</note>
 
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/xml-primer/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/xml-primer/chapter.xml
index fd0978d2ef..f076dfc2b5 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/xml-primer/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/xml-primer/chapter.xml
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
 	    the standard programs and supporting files needed by the
 	    Documentation Project.  &man.csh.1; users must use
 	    <command>rehash</command> for the shell to recognize new
-	    programs after after they have been installed, or log out
+	    programs after they have been installed, or log out
 	    and then log back in again.</para>
 
       <procedure>
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
 	  <para>See what happens when required elements are omitted.
 	    Delete the line with the
 	    <tag class="starttag">title</tag> and
-	    <tag class="endtag">/title</tag> tags, and re-run
+	    <tag class="endtag">title</tag> tags, and re-run
 	    the validation.</para>
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>xmllint --valid --noout example.xml</userinput>
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ example.xml:5: element head: validity error : Element head content does not foll
 	    file as expected.  The entity reference
 	    <literal>&amp;version;</literal> may not be replaced by
 	    the version number, or the <acronym>XML</acronym> context
-	    closing <literal>]&lt;</literal> may not be recognized and
+	    closing <literal>]&gt;</literal> may not be recognized and
 	    instead shown in the output.</para>
 	</step>
 
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ example.xml:5: element head: validity error : Element head content does not foll
 	  <para><command>xmllint</command> can be used for this.  It
 	    also has an option to drop the initial
 	    <acronym>DTD</acronym> section so that the closing
-	    <literal>]&lt;</literal> does not confuse browsers:</para>
+	    <literal>]&gt;</literal> does not confuse browsers:</para>
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>xmllint --noent --dropdtd example.xml &gt; example.html</userinput></screen>