diff --git a/chapter08/shadow.xml b/chapter08/shadow.xml
index 38d233a9d..4cdf2596e 100644
--- a/chapter08/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter08/shadow.xml
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ find man -name Makefile.in -exec sed -i 's/passwd\.5 / /' {} \;/usr.
-
- If you wish to include /bin
- and/or /sbin in the PATH
- for some reason, modify the
- PATH in .bashrc after LFS has been
- built.
-
+
+ Including /bin
+ and/or /sbin in
+ the PATH variable may cause some BLFS packages fail to
+ build, so don't do that
+ in the .bashrc file or anywhere else.
+
sed -e 's:#ENCRYPT_METHOD DES:ENCRYPT_METHOD YESCRYPT:' \
-e 's:/var/spool/mail:/var/mail:' \
diff --git a/chapter11/afterlfs.xml b/chapter11/afterlfs.xml
index 633a782df..88a3c0114 100644
--- a/chapter11/afterlfs.xml
+++ b/chapter11/afterlfs.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ EOF
alias lfs='sudo /usr/sbin/chroot /mnt/lfs /usr/bin/env -i HOME=/root TERM="$TERM" PS1="\u:\w\\\\$ "
-PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin /bin/bash --login'
+PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin /bin/bash --login'
This alias is a little tricky because of the quoting and levels of