diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
index 9cb8cc40d2..1235ed90de 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ PLIST_DIRS=	lib/X11/oneko</programlisting>
 
       <para>After submitting the port, please be patient.  The time
 	needed to include a new port in &os; can vary from a few days
-	to a a few months.  The list of pending port
+	to a few months.  The list of pending port
 	<acronym>PR</acronym>s can be viewed at <link
 	  xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?category=ports"></link>.</para>
 
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/versions.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/versions.xml
index 41b22f3d0a..240e6493ba 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/versions.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/versions.xml
@@ -4953,7 +4953,7 @@ it was never committed:
 <row>
   <entry>1100005</entry>
   <entry>December 28, 2013</entry>
-  <entry>11.0-CURRENT after r259951 - Don't coalesce entries in
+  <entry>11.0-CURRENT after r259951 - Do not coalesce entries in
     <function>vm_map_stack()</function> (rev
     <revnumber>260010</revnumber>).</entry>
 </row>