diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
index 01514d30ea..dd0a3d7bc3 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ kern.maxvnodes: 100000</screen>
     <sect2 xml:id="create-swapfile">
       <title>Creating a Swap File</title>
 
-      <para>These examples create a 64M swap file called
+      <para>These examples create a 512M swap file called
 	<filename>/usr/swap0</filename> instead of using a
 	partition.</para>
 
@@ -2795,7 +2795,7 @@ kern.maxvnodes: 100000</screen>
 	  <step>
 	    <para>Create the swap file:</para>
 
-	    <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=<replaceable>/usr/swap0</replaceable> bs=1m count=<replaceable>64</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+	    <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=<replaceable>/usr/swap0</replaceable> bs=1m count=<replaceable>512</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 	  </step>
 
 	  <step>