diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml
index c9e06e4ccd..927d667d85 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.sgml
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@
 	this means is that if you have a secure workstation holding keys
 	that give you access to the rest of the system, and you
 	ssh to an insecure machine, your keys
-	becomes exposed.  The actual keys themselves are not exposed, but
+	are usable.  The actual keys themselves are not exposed, but
 	ssh installs a forwarding port for the
 	duration of your login, and if an attacker has broken
 	<username>root</username> on the