diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Software-RAID-0.4x-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Software-RAID-0.4x-HOWTO.sgml
index c29b6049..2d67731a 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Software-RAID-0.4x-HOWTO.sgml
+++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Software-RAID-0.4x-HOWTO.sgml
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ mkraid raid1.conf -f --only-superblock
   <item><bf>Q</bf>:
         My RAID-1 device, <tt>/dev/md0</tt> consists of two hard drive
         partitions: <tt>/dev/hda3</tt> and <tt>/dev/hdc3</tt>.
-        My best (girl?)friend, who doesn't understand RAID,
+        My best friend, who doesn't understand RAID,
         ran <tt>fsck</tt> on <tt>/dev/hda3</tt> while I wasn't looking,
         and now the RAID won't work. What should I do?