Several minor grammatical fixes. Thanks to Randy and Steve.

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24 files changed, 80 insertions, 108 deletions

diff --git a/chapter06/automake.xml b/chapter06/automake.xml
index 7a486ded7..d48a53dfd 100644
--- a/chapter06/automake.xml
+++ b/chapter06/automake.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ sortas="b-aclocal-&automake-version;">aclocal-&automake-version;</primary></inde
 <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files for a package, run this program
 in the top-level directory. By scanning the
 <filename>configure.in</filename> file, it automatically finds each
-appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generate the
+appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generates the
 corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake"><primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml
index f5a676a8d..7f6c5bff0 100644
--- a/chapter06/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bash.xml
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool</para>
 <varlistentry id="bashbug">
 <term><command>bashbug</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>A shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports
-concerning <command>bash</command> in a standard format</para>
+<para>A shell script to help the user compose and mail standard formatted bug
+reports concerning <command>bash</command>.</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug"><primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml
index 27b369b4e..e6ba783d8 100644
--- a/chapter06/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml
@@ -68,15 +68,16 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Normally, the tooldir (the directory where the executables will
-ultimately be located) is set to <filename
-class="directory">$(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)</filename>, which
-expands into <filename class="directory">/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu</filename>. 
-Because this is a custom system, this target-specific directory in <filename
-class="directory">/usr</filename> is not required. This setup would be
-used if the system was used to cross-compile (for example, compiling a
-package on an Intel machine that generates code that can be executed
-on PowerPC machines).</para>
+<para>Normally, the tooldir (the directory where the executables will ultimately
+be located) is set to <filename
+class="directory">$(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)</filename>. For example, i686
+machines would expand that to <filename
+class="directory">/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu</filename>. Because this is a custom
+system, this target-specific directory in <filename
+class="directory">/usr</filename> is not required. <filename
+class="directory">$(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)</filename> would be used if the
+system was used to cross-compile (for example, compiling a package on an Intel
+machine that generates code that can be executed on PowerPC machines).</para>
 
 <important><para>The test suite for Binutils in this section is
 considered critical. Do not skip it under any
diff --git a/chapter06/bzip2.xml b/chapter06/bzip2.xml
index b16819d6f..d276f6df8 100644
--- a/chapter06/bzip2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bzip2.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 <sect2 role="package"><title/>
 <para>The Bzip2 package contains programs for compressing and decompressing
-files. Compressing text files with <command>bzip2</command> yield a much better
+files. Compressing text files with <command>bzip2</command> yields a much better
 compression percentage than with the traditional <command>gzip</command>.</para>
 
 <segmentedlist>
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ ln -s bzip2 /bin/bzcat</userinput></screen>
 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
 <seglistitem><seg>bunzip2 (link to bzip2), bzcat (link to bzip2), bzcmp, bzdiff,
 bzegrep, bzfgrep, bzgrep, bzip2, bzip2recover, bzless, and bzmore</seg>
-<seg>libbz2.a, libbz2.so (link to libbz2.so.1.0), libbz2.so.1.0 (link to 
-libbz2.so.&bzip2-version;), and libbz2.so.&bzip2-version;</seg></seglistitem>
+<seg>libbz2.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
 </segmentedlist>
 
 <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
diff --git a/chapter06/chroot.xml b/chapter06/chroot.xml
index c9afcdc13..f9ff7207d 100644
--- a/chapter06/chroot.xml
+++ b/chapter06/chroot.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ locations of executed binaries&mdash;for this reason, hashing is switched
 off by passing the <parameter>+h</parameter> option to <command>bash</command>.</para>
 
 <para>It is important that all the commands throughout the remainder
-of this chapter and the following chapters be run from within the
+of this chapter and the following chapters are run from within the
 chroot environment. If you leave this environment for any reason
 (rebooting for example), remember to first mount the <systemitem
 class="filesystem">proc</systemitem> and <systemitem
diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index d2786179f..00de6addf 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -51,13 +51,12 @@ installed by other packages:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the
-presence of files and users that are not valid this early in the LFS
-build. Therefore, additional items need to be set up before running
-the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the package</quote> if
+<para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several invalid assumptions about the
+presence of system users and groups. Therefore, additional items need to be set
+up before running the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the package</quote> if
 not running the test suite.</para>
 
-<para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user name:</para>
+<para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000:" &gt;&gt; /etc/group
 echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" &gt;&gt; /etc/group
diff --git a/chapter06/createfiles.xml b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
index 7e5ddc97a..8126a11a9 100644
--- a/chapter06/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter06/createfiles.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <title>Creating Essential Symlinks</title>
 <?dbhtml filename="createfiles.html"?>
 
-<para>Some programs hard-wire paths to programs which do not yet
+<para>Some programs use hard-wired paths to programs which do not yet
 exist. In order to satisfy these programs, create a number of symbolic
 links which will be replaced by real files throughout the course of
 this chapter after the software has been installed.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
index e7881c982..3a574fee6 100644
--- a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 <title>Creating Directories</title>
 <?dbhtml filename="creatingdirs.html"?>
 
-<para>It is time to create some structure in the LFS file system.
-Create a directory tree. Issuing the following commands will create a
-standard tree:</para>
+<para>It is time to create some structure in the LFS file system. Create a
+standard directory tree by issuing the following commands:</para>
  
 <screen><userinput>install -d /{bin,boot,dev,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt}
 install -d /{sbin,srv,usr/local,var,opt}
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ as a normal user would do with his or her home directory. The second
 mode change makes sure that any user can write to the <filename
 class="directory">/tmp</filename> and <filename
 class="directory">/var/tmp</filename> directories, but cannot remove
-other users' files from them. The latter is prohibited by the
+another user's files from them. The latter is prohibited by the
 so-called <quote>sticky bit,</quote> the highest bit (1) in the 1777
 bit mask.</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/devices.xml b/chapter06/devices.xml
index 46a10120f..f16fdb780 100644
--- a/chapter06/devices.xml
+++ b/chapter06/devices.xml
@@ -24,21 +24,22 @@ mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3</userinput></screen>
 <sect2>
 <title>Mounting ramfs and Populating /dev</title>
 
-<para>The ideal way to populate <filename
-class="directory">/dev</filename> is to mount a <systemitem
-class="filesystem">ramfs</systemitem> onto <filename
-class="directory">/dev</filename>, like <systemitem
-class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem>, and create the devices on there
-during each bootup. Since the system has not been booted, it is
-necessary to do what the bootscripts would otherwise do and populate
-<filename class="directory">/dev</filename>. Begin by mounting
-<filename class="directory">/dev</filename>:</para>
+<para>The recommended method of populating the <filename
+class="directory">/dev</filename> directory with devices is to mount a virtual
+filesystem (such as <systemitem class="filesystem">ramfs</systemitem> or
+<systemitem class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem>) on the <filename
+class="directory">/dev</filename> directory, and allow the devices to be created
+dynamically on that virtual filesystem as they are detected or accessed. This is
+generally done during the boot process. Since this new system has not been
+booted, it is necessary to do what the bootscripts would otherwise do by
+mounting <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mount -n -t ramfs none /dev</userinput></screen>
 
-<!-- Edit Me -->
-<para>Since the Udev package will not be installed until later on in the
-process, create a minimal set of device nodes used for building:</para>
+<para>The Udev package is what actually creates the devices in the <filename
+class="directory">/dev</filename> directory. Since it will not be installed
+until later on in the process, manually create the minimal set of device nodes
+needed to complete the building of this system:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mknod -m 622 /dev/console c 5 1
 mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3
diff --git a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
index 15f9eafd3..dae7254c3 100644
--- a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ sortas="b-fsck.ext3">fsck.ext3</primary></indexterm>
 <varlistentry id="mk_cmds">
 <term><command>mk_cmds</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>Converts a table of command names and helps messages into a C
+<para>Converts a table of command names and help messages into a C
 source file suitable for use with the <filename
 class="libraryfile">libss</filename> subsystem library</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mk_cmds"><primary sortas="b-mk_cmds">mk_cmds</primary></indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/gcc.xml b/chapter06/gcc.xml
index 05e5f50ba..4c13eed95 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc.xml
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ versions of Binutils.  Apply the following patch to fix this issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-linkonce-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Apply a sed substitution that will suppress the installation of
-<filename class="libraryfile">libiberty.a</filename>. The version of
-<filename class="libraryfile">libiberty.a</filename> provided by
+<para>Apply a <command>sed</command> substitution that will suppress the
+installation of <filename class="libraryfile">libiberty.a</filename>. The
+version of <filename class="libraryfile">libiberty.a</filename> provided by
 Binutils will be used instead:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/install_to_$(INSTALL_DEST) //' libiberty/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ refer back to them as necessary.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Some packages expect the C PreProcessor to be installed in the
+<para>Some packages expect the C preprocessor to be installed in the
 <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory.
 To support those packages, create this symlink:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 247ce2c4f..29949bb22 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -405,8 +405,7 @@ for built-in operations</para>
 <varlistentry id="mtrace">
 <term><command>mtrace</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and
-ouputs a summary in human-readable format</para>
+<para>Reads and interprets a memory trace file and displays a summary in human-readable format</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace"><primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
@@ -630,7 +629,7 @@ information about the memory usage of a program</para>
 <listitem>
 <para>The Name Service Switch libraries,
 containing functions for resolving host names, user names, group names,
-aliases, services, protocols, etc</para>
+aliases, services, protocols, etc.</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss"><primary sortas="c-libnss">libnss</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
diff --git a/chapter06/groff.xml b/chapter06/groff.xml
index 2c7a00214..c518fb937 100644
--- a/chapter06/groff.xml
+++ b/chapter06/groff.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ files, and reports the <command>groff</command> command including those options<
 <term><command>grolj4</command></term>
 <listitem>
 <para>Is a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces output
-in PCL5 format suitable for an HP Laserjet 4 printer</para>
+in PCL5 format suitable for an HP LaserJet 4 printer</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolj4"><primary sortas="b-grolj4">grolj4</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or <command>trof
 <varlistentry id="post-grohtml">
 <term><command>post-grohtml</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html</para>
+<para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to HTML</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff post-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-post-grohtml">post-grohtml</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or <command>trof
 <varlistentry id="pre-grohtml">
 <term><command>pre-grohtml </command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html</para>
+<para>Translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to HTML</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pre-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-pre-grohtml">pre-grohtml</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
diff --git a/chapter06/gzip.xml b/chapter06/gzip.xml
index 311f05150..b0087761e 100644
--- a/chapter06/gzip.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gzip.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
 <sect2 role="installation">
 <title>Installation of Gzip</title>
 
-<para>Gzip has 2 known security vulnerabilites.  The following patch
+<para>Gzip has 2 known security vulnerabilities.  The following patch
 addresses both of them:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&gzip-security_fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ that the new location gets placed into the script:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Move the programs to the <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> directory:</para>
+<para>Move the <command>gzip</command>program to the <filename
+class="directory">/bin</filename> directory and create some commonly used
+symlinks to it:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/gzip /bin
 rm /usr/bin/{gunzip,zcat}
diff --git a/chapter06/hotplug.xml b/chapter06/hotplug.xml
index c516161ec..582a3f239 100644
--- a/chapter06/hotplug.xml
+++ b/chapter06/hotplug.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug"><primary
 sortas="b-hotplug">hotplug</primary></indexterm>
 <para>This script is called by default by the Linux kernel when something
-changes in its internal state (e.g., a new device is added or removed)</para>
+changes in its internal state (e.g., a new device is added or an existing device
+is removed)</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/iproute2.xml b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
index 05a92f2fc..bf79aced1 100644
--- a/chapter06/iproute2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
           <command>ifstat</command>
         </term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Shows the interfaces statistic, including the amount of transmitted
+          <para>Shows the interface statistics, including the amount of transmitted
                 and received packages by interface</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
             <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>
diff --git a/chapter06/make.xml b/chapter06/make.xml
index 16e9bf626..674d39fd6 100644
--- a/chapter06/make.xml
+++ b/chapter06/make.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-make"><primary sortas="a-Make">Make</primary></indexterm>
 
 <sect2 role="package"><title/>
-<para>The Make package contains a program for compiling large packages.</para>
+<para>The Make package contains a program for compiling packages.</para>
 
 <segmentedlist>
 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
diff --git a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml
index 49bbb9216..cc7de31fe 100644
--- a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml
+++ b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml
@@ -80,14 +80,6 @@ automatically load the required modules</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
-<varlistentry id="genksyms">
-<term><command>genksyms</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Generates symbol version information</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools genksyms"><primary sortas="b-genksyms">genksyms</primary></indexterm>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
 <varlistentry id="insmod">
 <term><command>insmod</command></term>
 <listitem>
@@ -96,35 +88,12 @@ automatically load the required modules</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
-<varlistentry id="insmod_ksymoops_clean">
-<term><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod_ksymoops_clean"><primary sortas="b-insmod_ksymoops_clean">insmod_ksymoops_clean</primary></indexterm>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="kallsyms">
-<term><command>kallsyms</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Extracts all kernel symbols for debugging</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kallsyms"><primary sortas="b-kallsyms">kallsyms</primary></indexterm>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="kernelversion">
-<term><command>kernelversion</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Reports the major version of the running kernel</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kernelversion"><primary sortas="b-kernelversion">kernelversion</primary></indexterm>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="ksyms">
-<term><command>ksyms</command></term>
+<varlistentry id="insmod.static">
+<term><command>insmod.static</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>Displays exported kernel symbols</para>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools ksyms"><primary sortas="b-ksyms">ksyms</primary></indexterm>
+<para>A static version of insmod</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod.static"><primary
+sortas="b-insmod.static">insmod.static</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/perl.xml b/chapter06/perl.xml
index 00f8accfb..4bb925d1d 100644
--- a/chapter06/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter06/perl.xml
@@ -154,8 +154,9 @@ Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files</para>
 <varlistentry id="perl">
 <term><command>perl</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>Combines some of the best features of C, sed, awk and sh into a
-single swiss-army language</para>
+<para>Combines some of the best features of C, <command>sed</command>,
+<command>awk</command> and <command>sh</command> into a single swiss-army
+language</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl"><primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ files to Perl5 <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules</para>
 <varlistentry id="s2p">
 <term><command>s2p</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>Translates sed to Perl</para>
+<para>Translates <command>sed</command> scripts to Perl</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p"><primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
index 990fe976e..0a4e53f4e 100644
--- a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
+++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-pwdgroup"><primary sortas="e-/var/log/wtmp">/var/log/wtmp</primary></indexterm>
 
 <para>In order for user <emphasis>root</emphasis> to be able to login
-and for the name <quote>root</quote> to be recognized, there need to
-be relevant entries in the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
+and for the name <quote>root</quote> to be recognized, there must be relevant
+entries in the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
 <filename>/etc/group</filename> files.</para>
 
 <para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the following
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ work.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>exec /tools/bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Note the use of the <parameter>+h</parameter> directive. This
-tells <command>bash</command> not to use its internal path hashing.
-Without this directive, <command>bash</command> would remember the
-paths to binaries it has executed. In order to use the newly compiled
-binaries as soon as they are installed, turn off this function for the
-duration of this chapter.</para>
+<para>Note the use of the <parameter>+h</parameter> directive. This tells
+<command>bash</command> not to use its internal path hashing. Without this
+directive, <command>bash</command> would remember the paths to binaries it has
+executed. In ensure the use of the newly compiled binaries as soon as they are
+installed, the <parameter>+h</parameter> directive will be used for the duration
+of this chapter.</para>
 
 <para>The <command>login</command>, <command>agetty</command>, and
 <command>init</command> programs (and others) use a number of log
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index 1ef68e67b..40f0bd53b 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ location:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mv /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Next we will remove the old, <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
+<para>Next we will remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
 <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into
 <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
index 17798915d..23c54ca45 100644
--- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml
+++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ file</para>
 <term><command>makeinfo</command></term>
 <listitem>
 <para>Translates the given Texinfo source documents into
-info files, plain text, or HTML</para>
+Info files, plain text, or HTML</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"><primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml
index 752c669b9..073d0a5a4 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ symlink:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>If the X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS
+<para>If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS
 system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim
 comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some
 additional libraries to be installed. For more information on this
diff --git a/chapter06/zlib.xml b/chapter06/zlib.xml
index 4ed3d9422..93c21e44a 100644
--- a/chapter06/zlib.xml
+++ b/chapter06/zlib.xml
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ configure command below, then remove it afterwards.</para></note>
 
 <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Next we will remove the old <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
-the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory and relink them
-into <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>:</para>
+<para>The previous command installed a <filename
+class="extension">.so</filename> file in <filename
+class="directory">/lib</filename>. We will remove it and relink it into
+<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>rm /lib/libz.so
 ln -sf ../../lib/libz.so.&zlib-version; /usr/lib/libz.so</userinput></screen>
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
 <segmentedlist>
 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>libz[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
+<seglistitem><seg>libz.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
 </segmentedlist>
 
 <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>