diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
index bc3e5be6ad..0da9b40a8d 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
@@ -10868,15 +10868,15 @@ as .putsy.conf and edit it.</programlisting>
 	  &lt;tag&gt; must have a matching closing &lt;/tag&gt;.  Tags
 	  may be nested.  If nesting, the inner tags must be closed
 	  before the outer ones.  There is a hierarchy of tags, i.e.,
-	  more complex rules of nesting them.  Sounds very similar to
-	  HTML, doesn't it?  The major difference is that XML is
+	  more complex rules of nesting them.  This is similar to
+	  HTML.  The major difference is that XML is
 	  e<emphasis>X</emphasis>tensible, i.e., based on defining
 	  custom tags.  Due to its intrinsic structure XML puts
 	  otherwise amorphous data into shape.  VuXML is particularly
 	  tailored to mark up descriptions of security
 	  vulnerabilities.</para>
 
-	<para>Now let's consider a realistic VuXML entry:</para>
+	<para>Now consider a realistic VuXML entry:</para>
 
 	<programlisting>&lt;vuln vid="f4bc80f4-da62-11d8-90ea-0004ac98a7b9"&gt; <co id="co-vx-vid"/>
   &lt;topic&gt;Several vulnerabilities found in Foo&lt;/topic&gt; <co id="co-vx-top"/>