diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
index 65459103ad..9c3d0232a7 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ exit 0</programlisting>
       <literal>start</literal> option for
       the application hereto referred simply as
       <literal>utility</literal>.  This application
-      could then have the following lines placed in
+      could then have the following line placed in
       <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
 
     <programlisting>utility_enable="YES"</programlisting>