diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
index 6088eade0c..3fb7614bfa 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@ bridge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1
 	<title>Address limits</title>
 
 	<para>The number of unique source MAC addresses behind an
-	  interface can limited.  Once the limit is reached packets
+	  interface can be limited.  Once the limit is reached packets
 	  with unknown source addresses are dropped until an
 	  existing host cache entry expires or is removed.</para>