diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 9231e57e46..b35c5824b5 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ EXTRACT_ONLY=  source.tar.gz</programlisting>
 	  sites in <makevar>MASTER_SITES</makevar>, and
 	  <filename>alpha</filename> can only be found in the 20th
 	  site.  It would be such a waste to check all of them if
-	  maintainer knew this beforehand, would not it?  Not a good
+	  maintainer knew this beforehand, would it not?  Not a good
 	  start for that lovely weekend!</para>
 
 	<para>Now that you got the picture, just imagine more