diff --git a/chapter03/creatingpart.xml b/chapter03/creatingpart.xml
index 26bcd9508..e757082aa 100644
--- a/chapter03/creatingpart.xml
+++ b/chapter03/creatingpart.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ a swap partition.</para>
 <para>Start the <filename>cfdisk</filename> program with an argument naming
 the hard disk upon which the new partition must be created -- for example
 <filename>/dev/hda</filename> for the primary IDE disk. Create a Linux native
-partition, and if needed, a swap partition. Please refer to the man page of
+partition and a swap partition, if needed. Please refer to the man page of
 <filename>cfdisk</filename> if you don't yet know how to use the program.</para>
 
 <para>Remember the designation of your new partition -- something like
diff --git a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
index 984893dd0..7b2050f1c 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ install it. This patch fixes a compile problem with GCC-3.2:</para>
 
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem><para><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=\\\"/etc/vimrc\\\"</userinput>:
-This option above causes vim to look for the
-<filename>/etc/vimrc</filename> file which contains vim's global settings.
-Normally, this file is assumed to be located in <filename
-class="directory">/usr/share/vim</filename>, but we feel that
-<filename class="directory">/etc</filename> is a more logical place for this
-kind of file.</para></listitem>
+This option causes vim to look for the <filename>/etc/vimrc</filename> file
+which contains vim's global settings.  Normally, this file is assumed to be
+located in <filename class="directory">/usr/share/vim</filename>, but we
+feel that <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> is a more logical
+place for this kind of file.</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
 <para>The <emphasis>CPPFLAGS</emphasis> option above causes vim to look