diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
index 9207618fd8..8c052eb4d7 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ ifconfig_dc1="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 media 10baseT/UTP"</programlis
 	lines.</para>
 
       <para>You will also have to edit the file
-	<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> add the names and the IP
+	<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> to add the names and the IP
 	adresses of various machines of the LAN, if they are not already
 	there.  For more information please refer to &man.hosts.5;
 	and to <filename>/usr/share/examples/etc/hosts</filename>.</para>