diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 41b03f82c374..86d10d03ee4e 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
 
       <para>The virtual memory subsystem now backs UFS directory
       memory requirements by default (this behavior is controlled via
-      the <varname>vfs.vmiodirenable</varname> sysctl variable. &merged;</para>
+      the <varname>vfs.vmiodirenable</varname> sysctl variable). &merged;</para>
 
       <para>A bug that prevented the root filesystem from being
       mounted from a SCSI CDROM has been fixed (ATAPI CDROMs were
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 41b03f82c374..86d10d03ee4e 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
 
       <para>The virtual memory subsystem now backs UFS directory
       memory requirements by default (this behavior is controlled via
-      the <varname>vfs.vmiodirenable</varname> sysctl variable. &merged;</para>
+      the <varname>vfs.vmiodirenable</varname> sysctl variable). &merged;</para>
 
       <para>A bug that prevented the root filesystem from being
       mounted from a SCSI CDROM has been fixed (ATAPI CDROMs were