diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
index 80840e558c..fc1b7418ac 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
@@ -232,12 +232,6 @@
       mirror site (especially if you decide to set up some sort of
       mirror site).</para>
 
-    <para>The <ulink
-	url="http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org/">&os; mirror
-	sites database</ulink> is more accurate than the mirror listing in the
-      Handbook, as it gets its information from the DNS rather than relying on
-      static lists of hosts.</para>
-
     <para>Additionally, &os; is available via anonymous FTP from the
       following mirror sites.  If you choose to obtain &os; via anonymous
       FTP, please try to use a site near you.  The mirror sites listed as
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
index 855de6e427..f51295dd7b 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml
@@ -1543,8 +1543,8 @@ ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/ fetch</userinput></screen>
 	    <quote>master</quote> package collection is on <hostid
 	    role="fqdn">ftp.FreeBSD.org</hostid> in the <ulink
 	    url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/">packages
-	    directory</ulink>, but be sure to check your <ulink
-	    url="http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org/">local mirror</ulink>
+	    directory</ulink>, but be sure to check your closer <link
+	    linkend="mirrors-ftp">mirror sites</link>
 	    <emphasis>first</emphasis>!  These are more likely to work
 	    than trying to compile from source and are a lot faster as
 	    well.  Use the &man.pkg.add.1; program to install the