diff --git a/chapter04/addinguser.xml b/chapter04/addinguser.xml
index 7903b5a84..2db1f756f 100644
--- a/chapter04/addinguser.xml
+++ b/chapter04/addinguser.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
     <varlistentry>
       <term><parameter>lfs</parameter></term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>This is the actual name for the created user.</para>
+        <para>This is the name of the new user.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs</userinput></screen>
   <para>If you want to log in as &lfs-user; or switch to &lfs-user; from a
   non-&root; user (as opposed to switching to user &lfs-user;
   when logged in as &root;, which does not require the &lfs-user; user to
-  have a password), you need to set a password of &lfs-user;.  Issue the
+  have a password), you need to set a password for &lfs-user;.  Issue the
   following command as the &root; user to set the password:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>passwd lfs</userinput></screen>