diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
index 319078392f..c3084a2f46 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ device   loop          # Network loopback</programlisting>
       information when passed to &man.gcc.1;.  The same can be
       accomplished by the &man.config.8; <option>-g</option> option, if
       you are using the <quote>traditional</quote> way for building your kernels (See the <xref linkend="kernelconfig-building">
-      for more informations.).</para>
+      for more informations).</para>
 
     <programlisting>options          MATH_EMULATE      #Support for x87 emulation</programlisting>
 
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ device          sio2     at isa? disable port IO_COM3 irq 5
 device          sio3     at isa? disable port IO_COM4 irq 9</programlisting>
 
     <para>These are the four serial ports referred to as <devicename>COM1</devicename> through <devicename>COM4</devicename>
-      in the &ms-dos/&windows; world.</para>
+      in the &ms-dos;/&windows; world.</para>
 
     <note>
       <para>If you have an internal modem on <devicename>COM4</devicename> and a serial port at