diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
index 73083c9f2c..3351673e28 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.xml
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ bktr0: Pinnacle/Miro TV, Philips SECAM tuner.</programlisting>
 
       <para>Finally, start the backend:</para>
 
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo 'mythbackend_enable="YES"' &gt;&gt; /etc/rc.conf</userinput>
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysrc mythbackend_enable=yes</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>service mythbackend start</userinput></screen>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
index f85f02ceaa..8b7bb3e1fd 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
@@ -3580,7 +3580,7 @@ UWWemqWuz3lAZuORQ9KX
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>touch /var/account/acct</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>chmod 600 /var/account/acct</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>accton /var/account/acct</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>echo 'accounting_enable="YES"' &gt;&gt; /etc/rc.conf</userinput></screen>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>sysrc accounting_enable=yes</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>Once enabled, accounting will begin to track information
 	such as <acronym>CPU</acronym> statistics and executed