diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
index 1e66827e8a..d552f66af9 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ File: +DESC (ignored)</screen>
                 <para>Then type <literal>boot</literal>, and your
                   system should boot correctly.</para>
 
-                <para>To make this change permanent (ie so you do not
+                <para>To make this change permanent (i.e, so you do not
                   have to do this every time you reboot or turn on
                   your FreeBSD machine), put the line <literal>
                   root_disk_unit="<replaceable>disk_number</replaceable>"</literal>
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ File: +DESC (ignored)</screen>
         </question>
 
         <answer>
-          <para>Because your world and kernel are out of synch.  This
+          <para>Because your world and kernel are out of sync.  This
             is not supported.  Be sure you use <command>make
             buildworld</command> and <command>make
             buildkernel</command> to update your kernel.</para>
@@ -3350,7 +3350,7 @@ quit</programlisting>
             this with the <varname>kern.maxproc</varname> tunable.  If
             this tunable needs adjustion it needs to be defined in
             in <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>.  The tunable
-            will not get adjusted untill the system is rebooted.  For
+            will not get adjusted until the system is rebooted.  For
             more information about tuning tunables, you should see the
             &man.loader.conf.5; and &man.sysctl.conf.5; manual pages.
             If these processes are being run by a single user, you will
@@ -4093,7 +4093,7 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -&gt; i8254</screen>
 
 	<answer>
 	  <para>This error does not mean that the &man.touch.1; utility is
-	      missing. The error is instead propably due to the dates of the
+	      missing. The error is instead probably due to the dates of the
 	      files being set sometime in the future. If your CMOS-clock is
 	      set to local time you need to run the command
 	      <command>adjkerntz&nbsp;-i</command> to adjust the kernel clock
@@ -4126,11 +4126,11 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -&gt; i8254</screen>
 
         <answer>
 	  <para>The open-source <ulink
-	    url="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice</ulink> office
+	    url="http://www.openoffice.org">OpenOffice.org</ulink> office
 	    suite works natively on FreeBSD.  The &linux; version of
 	    <ulink
 	    url="http://www.sun.com/staroffice/">StarOffice</ulink>,
-	    the value-added closed-source version of OpenOffice, also
+	    the value-added closed-source version of OpenOffice.org, also
 	    works on FreeBSD.</para>
 
 	  <para>FreeBSD also includes a variety of text editors,
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index b260e851d4..ed3f02e314 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -9679,7 +9679,7 @@ post-install:
 	  <makevar>PREFIX</makevar>.  Some ports lump everything and put it in
 	  the subdirectory with the port's name, which is incorrect.  Also,
 	  many ports put everything except binaries, header files and manual
-	  pages in the a subdirectory of <filename>lib</filename>, which does
+	  pages in a subdirectory of <filename>lib</filename>, which does
 	  not work well with the BSD paradigm.  Many of the files should be
 	  moved to one of the following: <filename>etc</filename>
 	  (setup/configuration files), <filename>libexec</filename>
@@ -9920,7 +9920,7 @@ exec %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/java -jar %%DATADIR%%/foo.jar "$@"</programlisting>
 	  <listitem>
 	    <para><makevar>BROKEN</makevar> is reserved for ports that
 	      currently do not compile, install, or deinstall correctly.
-	      It should be used for ports where the the problem is
+	      It should be used for ports where the problem is
 	      believed to be temporary.</para>
 
 	    <para>If instructed, the build cluster will still attempt to
@@ -9979,7 +9979,7 @@ exec %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/java -jar %%DATADIR%%/foo.jar "$@"</programlisting>
 	  <listitem>
 	    <para><makevar>IGNORE</makevar> is reserved for ports that
 	      should not be built for some other reason.
-	      It should be used for ports where the the problem is
+	      It should be used for ports where the problem is
 	      believed to be structural.
 	      The build
 	      cluster will not, under any
@@ -10027,7 +10027,7 @@ exec %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/java -jar %%DATADIR%%/foo.jar "$@"</programlisting>
 	  </listitem>
 
 	  <listitem>
-	    <para>If a port sould be marked <makevar>IGNORE</makevar>
+	    <para>If a port should be marked <makevar>IGNORE</makevar>
 	      only on certain architectures, there are two other
 	      convenience variables that will automatically set
 	      <makevar>IGNORE</makevar> for you:
@@ -10123,7 +10123,7 @@ exec %%LOCALBASE%%/bin/java -jar %%DATADIR%%/foo.jar "$@"</programlisting>
 	<para>It is a common mistake to use <literal>.error</literal>
 	  for this purpose.  The problem with this is that many
 	  automated tools that work with the ports tree will fail in
-	  this situation.  The most common occurence of this is seen
+	  this situation.  The most common occurrence of this is seen
 	  when trying to build <filename>/usr/ports/INDEX</filename>
 	  (see <xref linkend="make-describe">).  However, even more
 	  trivial commands such as <command>make -V maintainer</command>
@@ -10158,7 +10158,7 @@ IGNORE=POINTYHAT is not supported
 
 	<para>Usage of &man.sysctl.8; should always be done
 	  with the <makevar>SYSCTL</makevar> variable, as it contains the
-	  fully qualified path and can be overriden, if one has such a
+	  fully qualified path and can be overridden, if one has such a
 	  special need.</para>
       </sect1>