diff --git a/chapter05/bash-inst.xml b/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
index e5fa7b8d0..a6615980a 100644
--- a/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
@@ -18,18 +18,15 @@ Install Bash by running the following commands:
 </literallayout></blockquote>
 
 <para>
-If a user gets errors when compiling bash that tell about not being able to
+If you get errors when compiling bash that tell about not being able to
 find <quote>-lcurses</quote>, these two commands should be run to create the
-missing symlink (so far we have not encountered one distribution that has
-this libncurses symlink setup properly, except for LFS systems, where it
-is setup properly):
+missing symlink:
 </para>
 
 <para>
 Note: Normally, the libncurses.a file resides in the /usr/lib directory
-but it might reside in /lib (like it does on LFS systems). A user needs
-to check to 
-make sure whether the ln command has to be run in /usr/lib or in /lib.
+but it might reside in /lib (like it does on LFS systems). Check this
+first and adjust the path in the following commands accordingly:
 </para>
 
 <blockquote><literallayout>