diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.xml
index 02d08654e7..d32d6e5615 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.xml
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@
 	<listitem>
 	  <para><firstterm>Committers</firstterm> are developers with write
 	    access to the source tree.  In order to become a committer, an
-	    individual must show ability in the area in which he is
+	    individual must show ability in the area in which they are
 	    active.</para>
 
 	  <para>
-	    It is at the individual committer's discretion whether he should
+	    It is at the individual committer's discretion whether they should
 	    obtain authority before committing changes to the source tree.  In
 	    general, an experienced committer may make changes which are
 	    obviously correct without obtaining consensus.  For example, a