diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
index 6ac7c703f3..5ef144a9a7 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ kern.maxfiles: 2088 -> 5000</screen>
 	  0).  Additionally, the implementation is clear and simple.
 	  The disadvantage is that metadata changes are very slow.  A
 	  <command>rm -r</command> for instance touches all files of a
-	  directory sequentially, but every single of these directory
+	  directory sequentially, but every single one of these directory
 	  changes (deletion of a file) will be written synchronously
 	  to the disk.  This includes updates to the directory itself,
 	  to the i-node table, and possibly to indirect blocks