diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 1c4a90dbb9a9..5d26f74d4912 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -618,16 +618,16 @@
 
       <para arch="i386">Selected network drivers now implement a
       semi-polling mode, which makes systems much more resilient to
-      attacks and overloads.  To enable polling, the following options
+      attacks and overloads.  To enable polling, the following options
       are required in a kernel configuration file:
 
       <programlisting>options DEVICE_POLLING
 options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
 
-      The <varname>kern.polling.enable</varname> sysctl variable
-      will then activate polling mode; with the
+      The <varname>kern.polling.enable</varname> sysctl variable
+      will then activate polling mode; with the
       <varname>kern.polling.user_frac</varname> sysctl indicating the
-      percentage of CPU time to be reserved for userland.  The devices
+      percentage of CPU time to be reserved for userland.  The devices
       initially supporting polling are &man.dc.4;, &man.fxp.4;, and
       &man.sis.4;.</para>
 
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index 1c4a90dbb9a9..5d26f74d4912 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -618,16 +618,16 @@
 
       <para arch="i386">Selected network drivers now implement a
       semi-polling mode, which makes systems much more resilient to
-      attacks and overloads.  To enable polling, the following options
+      attacks and overloads.  To enable polling, the following options
       are required in a kernel configuration file:
 
       <programlisting>options DEVICE_POLLING
 options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
 
-      The <varname>kern.polling.enable</varname> sysctl variable
-      will then activate polling mode; with the
+      The <varname>kern.polling.enable</varname> sysctl variable
+      will then activate polling mode; with the
       <varname>kern.polling.user_frac</varname> sysctl indicating the
-      percentage of CPU time to be reserved for userland.  The devices
+      percentage of CPU time to be reserved for userland.  The devices
       initially supporting polling are &man.dc.4;, &man.fxp.4;, and
       &man.sis.4;.</para>