diff --git a/chapter06/make.xml b/chapter06/make.xml
index 674d39fd6..d70f758f7 100644
--- a/chapter06/make.xml
+++ b/chapter06/make.xml
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
 <varlistentry id="make">
 <term><command>make</command></term>
 <listitem>
-<para>Automatically determines which pieces of a large package need to
-be recompiled and then issues the relevant commands</para>
+<para>Automatically determines which pieces of a package need to
+be (re)compiled and then issues the relevant commands</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-make make"><primary sortas="b-make">make</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>