diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
index 56d0a2dc32..5909bf1bf6 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
       versions for the most popular architecture(s) but might not carry
       the entire FreeBSD archive.  All sites provide access via anonymous
       FTP but some sites also provide access via other methods.  The access
-      methods available for each site are provided in parenthesis
+      methods available for each site are provided in parentheses
       after the hostname.</para>
 
     &chap.mirrors.ftp.inc;