diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
index d21b6290c1..02f94b6aeb 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
@@ -3041,7 +3041,7 @@ Shelmerg  dc-slip       sl-helmerg      0xfffffc00      autocomp</programlisting
 	    <para>When you create
 	      <filename>/etc/sliphome/slip.login</filename> and
 	      <filename>/etc/sliphome/slip.logout</filename>, the
-	      <quote>execute</quote> bit (<command>chmod 755
+	      <quote>execute</quote> bit (i.e., <command>chmod 755
 	      /etc/sliphome/slip.login /etc/sliphome/slip.logout</command>)
 	      must be set, or <command>sliplogin</command> will be unable
 	      to execute it.</para>
@@ -3094,7 +3094,7 @@ Shelmerg  dc-slip       sl-helmerg      0xfffffc00      autocomp</programlisting
 
 	  <para>It bears repeating: make sure
 	    <filename>/etc/sliphome/slip.logout</filename> has the execute
-	    bit set after you create it (ie, <command>chmod 755
+	    bit set after you create it (i.e., <command>chmod 755
 	    /etc/sliphome/slip.logout</command>).</para>
 	</sect4>
       </sect3>