diff --git a/chapter08/cleanup.xml b/chapter08/cleanup.xml
index c55b7af2f..daa38f597 100644
--- a/chapter08/cleanup.xml
+++ b/chapter08/cleanup.xml
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@
 
   <title>Cleaning Up</title>
 
-  <para>Finally, clean up some extra files left around from running tests:</para>
+  <para>Finally, clean up some extra files left over from running tests:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>rm -rf /tmp/*</userinput></screen>
 
-  <para>There are also several files installed in the /usr/lib and /usr/libexec
+  <para>There are also several files in the /usr/lib and /usr/libexec
   directories with a file name extension of .la. These are "libtool archive"
-  files. As already said, on a modern Linux system the libtool .la files are
+  files. On a modern Linux system the libtool .la files are
   only useful for libltdl.  No libraries in LFS are expected to be loaded
-  by libltdl, and it's known that some .la files can cause BLFS packages
-  fail to build.  Remove those files now:</para>
+  by libltdl, and it's known that some .la files can break BLFS package
+  builds.  Remove those files now:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>find /usr/lib /usr/libexec -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen>