diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.xml
index 48b4e25ce5..85ac4019cf 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources/chapter.xml
@@ -753,9 +753,7 @@
 
       <para><emphasis>Commit message lists:</emphasis> The following
 	lists are for people interested in seeing the log messages for
-	changes to various areas of the source tree.  They are
-	<emphasis>Read-Only</emphasis> lists and should not have mail
-	sent to them.</para>
+	changes to various areas of the source tree.
 
 	  <note>
 	    <para>SVN log messages are sent to SVN lists.</para>
@@ -823,9 +821,7 @@
 
       <para><emphasis>SVN lists:</emphasis> The following lists are
 	for people interested in seeing the SVN log messages for changes
-	to various areas of the source tree.  They are
-	<emphasis>Read-Only</emphasis> lists and should not have mail
-	sent to them.</para>
+	to various areas of the source tree.
 
 	  <note>
 	    <para>Only SVN log messages are sent to SVN lists.  After the