diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml
index 649e9ff21b..40642901b4 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail/chapter.sgml
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ purgestat	/usr/local/supermailer/bin/purgestat-compat</programlisting>
 	<para>This is answered in the
 	<application>sendmail</application> FAQ as follows:</para>
 
-        <programlisting>* I am getting <quote>Local configuration error</quote> messages, such as:
+        <programlisting>I am getting <quote>Local configuration error</quote> messages, such as:
 
 553 relay.domain.net config error: mail loops back to myself
 554 &lt;user@domain.net&gt;... Local configuration error