diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml
index 4977326685..9f3073b867 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.xml
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ device          splash     # Splash screen and screen saver support</programlist
 
     <para>Required by the boot splash screen and screen savers.</para>
 
-    <programlisting># syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
+    <programlisting># syscons is the default console driver, resembling a SCO console
 device          sc</programlisting>
 
     <para>&man.sc.4; is the default console driver and resembles a SCO