diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml
index 3854b56bb3..7796cf3536 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ freefall		MX	20	who.cdrom.com</programlisting>
       <step>
 	<para>After installing <filename role="package">security/cyrus-sasl</filename>,
 	  edit <filename>/usr/local/lib/sasl/Sendmail.conf</filename>
-	  (or create it if it doesn't exist) and add the following
+	  (or create it if it does not exist) and add the following
 	  line:</para>
 
 	<programlisting>pwcheck_method: passwd</programlisting>
@@ -1201,8 +1201,8 @@ SENDMAIL_LDADD=-lsasl</programlisting>
       <step>
 	<para>After <application>sendmail</application> has been compiled
 	  and reinstalled, edit your <filename>/etc/mail/freebsd.mc</filename>
-	  file, or whichever file you use as your .mc file. Many administrators
-	  choose to use the output from &man.hostname.1; as the .mc file for
+	  file, or whichever file you use as your <filename>.mc</filename> file. Many administrators
+	  choose to use the output from &man.hostname.1; as the <filename>.mc</filename> file for
 	  uniqueness.  Add these lines to it:</para>
 
 	<programlisting>dnl set SASL options
@@ -1219,9 +1219,9 @@ define(`confDEF_AUTH_INFO', `/etc/mail/auth-info')dnl</programlisting>
 
       <step>
 	<para>Finally, run &man.make.1; while in <filename>/etc/mail</filename>.
-	  That will run your new .mc file and create a .cf file named
+	  That will run your new <filename>.mc</filename> file and create a <filename>.cf</filename> file named
 	  <filename>freebsd.cf</filename> (or whatever name you've used
-	  for your .mc file). Copy that to <filename>sendmail.cf</filename>,
+	  for your <filename>.mc</filename> file). Copy that to <filename>sendmail.cf</filename>,
 	  and send a <command>kill -HUP</command> signal to
 	  <application>sendmail</application>.</para>
       </step>