diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml
index 6884ce61ce..ecf04b7012 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml
@@ -2483,8 +2483,8 @@ ipfw add deny out</programlisting>
 	<sect4>
 	  <title>RULE_NUMBER</title>
 
-	  <para>Each rule has to have a rule number to go with
-	    it.</para>
+	  <para>Each rule is associated with a rule_number in the range
+	    1..65535.</para>
 	</sect4>
 
 	<sect4>