diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 74175230d..72b36520a 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>November 16, 2005 [jhuntwork]: Textual correction concerning
+gettext in chapter 5 and the use of --disable-shared</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>November 15, 2005 [archaic]: Changed the chapter 6 Perl Dpager
 configure option to reflect the new location of the less
 binary.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/gettext.xml b/chapter05/gettext.xml
index 422ffb022..1b7a21a35 100644
--- a/chapter05/gettext.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gettext.xml
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 <variablelist>
 <varlistentry>
 <term><parameter>--disable-shared</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>We are not installing any of the gettext libraries at this
-time so we need to build <command>msgfmt</command> as a static binary.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>We do not need to install any of the shared gettext libraries at this
+time, therefore, no need to build them.</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 </variablelist>
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ time so we need to build <command>msgfmt</command> as a static binary.</para></l
 <screen><userinput>make -C lib
 make -C src msgfmt</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Install the single static binary:</para>
+<para>Install the <command>msgfmt</command> binary:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cp -v src/msgfmt /tools/bin</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 0c3e96875..b78d549eb 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20051115">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "November 15, 2005">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20051116">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "November 16, 2005">
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.2">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->