diff --git a/appendices/about.xml b/appendices/about.xml
index b16835fa42..3fbc20f32a 100644
--- a/appendices/about.xml
+++ b/appendices/about.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.11 $ -->
 
 <!--
   TODO: add manual conventions section (eg. how to read
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
    You can read the manual online at <ulink url="&url.php;"> &url.php;</ulink>
    and on the numerous mirror sites. For best performance, you should choose
    the mirror site closest to you. You can view the manual in either its plain
-   (print-friendly) HTML format or a an HTML format that integrates the manual
+   (print-friendly) HTML format or an HTML format that integrates the manual
    into the look and feel of the PHP website itself.
   </para>
   <para>
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
    versions. The HTML format is provided both as a single HTML file and as
    a package of individual files for each section (which results in a
    collection of several thousand files). The HTML and plaintext formats are
-   provided as compressed tar files (using both gzip and bzip2) and ZIP
-   archives.
+   provided as tar files compressed using the bzip2 archiver.
   </para>
   <para>
    Another popular cross-platform format, and the format most suited to