diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
index 765f5b875..93b6a2229 100644
--- a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">../configure                  \
     --target=$LFS_TGT         \
     --prefix=$LFS/tools       \
-    --with-glibc-version=2.11 \
+    --with-glibc-version=&glibc-version; \
     --with-sysroot=$LFS       \
     --with-newlib             \
     --without-headers         \
@@ -104,11 +104,14 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--with-glibc-version=2.11</parameter></term>
+        <term><parameter>--with-glibc-version=&glibc-version;</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This option ensures the package will be compatible with the host's
-          version of glibc.  It is set to the minimum glibc requirement
-          specified in the <xref linkend="ch-partitioning-hostreqs"/>.</para>
+          <para>This option specifies the version of glibc which will be
+          used on the target. It is not relevent to the minimum glibc
+          requirement specified in the
+          <xref linkend="ch-partitioning-hostreqs"/> because everything
+          compiled by pass1 gcc will run in the chroot environment,
+          which is isolated from glibc of the host distro.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>