From 2ed0e93787a61f663503cc28e7db257e73e1685c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 15:52:30 -0500
Subject: Refine verbiage in chapter 4.2 (Creating a limited directory layout).

---
 chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml b/chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml
index cc640a450..7bc0321d2 100644
--- a/chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml
+++ b/chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 
   <title>Creating a limited directory layout in LFS filesystem</title>
 
-  <para>The first task performed in the LFS partition is to create a limited
-  directory hierarchy so that programs compiled in <xref
+  <para>The next task to be performed in the LFS partition is to create a limited
+  directory hierarchy, so that the programs compiled in <xref
   linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> (as well as glibc and libstdc++ in <xref
-  linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/>) may be installed in their final
-  location. This is needed so that those temporary programs be overwritten
-  when rebuilding them in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para>
+  linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/>) can be installed in their final
+  location. We do this so those temporary programs will be overwritten when
+  the final versions are built in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para>
 
-  <para>Create the required directory layout by running the following as
+  <para>Create the required directory layout by issuing the following commands as
   <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS/{etc,var} $LFS/usr/{bin,lib,sbin}
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ case $(uname -m) in
 esac</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>Programs in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> will be compiled
-  with a cross-compiler (more details in section <xref
-  linkend="ch-tools-toolchaintechnotes"/>). In order to separate this
-  cross-compiler from the other programs, it will be installed in a special
-  directory. Create this directory with:</para>
+  with a cross-compiler (more details can be found in section <xref
+  linkend="ch-tools-toolchaintechnotes"/>). This cross-compiler will be installed
+  in a special directory, to separate it from the other programs. Still acting as
+  &root;, create that directory with this command:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS/tools</userinput></screen>
 
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