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@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fixes this behavior for Intel architectures:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-uname-patch;</userinput></screen>
-<para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be later be
+<para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will later be
installed by other packages:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-suppress-patch;</userinput></screen>
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ installed by other packages:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
-<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>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the presence
+of system users and groups that are not valid within the minimal environment
+that exists at the moment. 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:</para>