diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
index dc6b0d36ab..9c00cb5e55 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
@@ -684,10 +684,14 @@
 	<para>It is possible to anonymously check out the &os;
 	  repository with Subversion.  This will give access to a
 	  read-only tree that can be updated, but not committed
-	  to.  To do this, use one of the following commands:</para>
+	  to.  To do this, use the following command:</para>
 
-	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/head /usr/src</userinput>
-&prompt.user; <userinput>svn co http://svn.freebsd.org/base/head /usr/src</userinput></screen>
+	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn co <replaceable>https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org</replaceable>/base/head /usr/src</userinput></screen>
+
+	<para>Select the closest mirror and verify the mirror server
+	  certificate from the list of <ulink
+	    url="&url.books.handbook;/svn-mirrors.html">Subversion
+	    mirror sites</ulink>.</para>
       </sect3>
 
       <sect3>
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
index f2b90d916f..279ae9d857 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml
@@ -10648,7 +10648,7 @@ as .putsy.conf and edit it.</programlisting>
 	something.</para>
 
       <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd ~/my_wrkdir</userinput> <co id="my-wrkdir"/>
-&prompt.user; <userinput>svn co svn://svn.FreeBSD.org/ports/head/dns/pdnsd</userinput> <co id="svn-FreeBSD-org"/>
+&prompt.user; <userinput>svn co <replaceable>https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org</replaceable>/ports/head/dns/pdnsd</userinput> <co id="svn-FreeBSD-org"/>
 &prompt.user; <userinput>cd ~/my_wrkdir/pdnsd</userinput></screen>
 
       <calloutlist>
@@ -10661,8 +10661,12 @@ as .putsy.conf and edit it.</programlisting>
 
 	<callout arearefs="svn-FreeBSD-org">
 	  <para><ulink
-	      url="http://svn.FreeBSD.org/">svn.FreeBSD.org</ulink>
-	    is a public <literal>SVN</literal> server.</para>
+	      url="https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/">svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org</ulink>
+	    is a public <literal>SVN</literal> server.
+	    Select the closest mirror and verify the mirror server
+	    certificate from the list of <ulink
+	      url="&url.books.handbook;/svn-mirrors.html">Subversion
+	      mirror sites</ulink>.</para>
 	</callout>
       </calloutlist>