diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
index c9581b544f..1502219f1c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
@@ -481,9 +481,9 @@ Comment out for now until these can be verified.
     <sect2 xml:id="svn-usage">
       <title>Running <application>Subversion</application></title>
 
-      <para>The <command>svn</command> command is used to fetch a
-	clean copy of the sources into a local directory.  The files
-	in this directory are called a <emphasis>local working
+      <para>To fetch a clean copy of the sources into a local
+	directory, use <command>svn</command>.  The files in this
+	directory are called a <emphasis>local working
 	  copy</emphasis>.</para>
 
       <warning>