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diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index 45c90caee..5bb78e198 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-<sect1 id="ch06-glibc">
+<sect1 id="ch06-glibc" xreflabel="Glibc">
<title>Installing Glibc-&glibc-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="glibc.html" dir="chapter06"?>
+<para>The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides all
+the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and
+closing files, reading and writing them, string handling, pattern matching,
+arithmetic, and so on.</para>
+
<screen>Estimated build time: &glibc-time;
Estimated required disk space: &glibc-compsize;</screen>
-&aa-glibc-shortdesc;
+&aa-glibc-down;
&aa-glibc-dep;
<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
<sect2>
-<title>Glibc installation</title>
+<title>Installation of Glibc</title>
<para>The Glibc build system is very well self-contained and will install
perfectly, even though our compiler specs file and linker are still pointing
@@ -120,6 +125,11 @@ localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput>make -C ../&glibc-dir;/linuxthreads/man install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
+
&c6-cf-glibc;
+
+&aa-glibc-shortdesc;
+&aa-glibc-desc;
+
</sect1>