diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
index a29bcea7f..6ff7e996e 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
 
-    <para>First, run the following commands to build the <quote>tic</quote>
+    <para>First, run the following commands to build the <command>tic</command>
       program on the build host. We install it in
       <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename>, so that it is found
       in the <envar>PATH</envar> when needed:</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/util-linux.xml b/chapter08/util-linux.xml
index f21b478da..3c5feb221 100644
--- a/chapter08/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter08/util-linux.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      One test, kill: decode functions, known to fail in the chroot environment.
+      One test, <literal>kill: decode functions</literal>, is known to fail
+      with bash-5.3-rc1 or newer.
     </para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>