diff --git a/appendixa/appendixa.xml b/appendixa/appendixa.xml
index bae01b34c..8606f6baf 100644
--- a/appendixa/appendixa.xml
+++ b/appendixa/appendixa.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 &aa-diffutils;
 &aa-e2fsprogs;
 &aa-ed;
+&aa-expect;
 &aa-file;
 &aa-findutils;
 &aa-flex;
diff --git a/appendixa/expect-dep.xml b/appendixa/expect-dep.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a89af49d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/expect-dep.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Expect Installation Dependencies</title>
+
+<literallayout>(Not checked yet.)</literallayout>
+
+</sect2>
+
diff --git a/appendixa/expect-desc.xml b/appendixa/expect-desc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..caf136605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/expect-desc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
+
+<para>(Last checked against version &expect-contversion;.)</para>
+
+<para><command>expect</command> "talks" to other interactive programs according
+to a script.</para>
+
+</sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/expect-down.xml b/appendixa/expect-down.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ae9f80b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/expect-down.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<sect2>
+<title>Official Download Location</title>
+
+<para><literallayout>expect (&expect-version;):
+<ulink url="http://expect.nist.gov/src/"/></literallayout></para>
+</sect2>
diff --git a/appendixa/expect-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/expect-shortdesc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed5f608fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/expect-shortdesc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<sect2><title>Contents of Expect</title>
+
+<para>(Last checked against version &expect-contversion;.)</para>
+
+<para>The Expect package provides a program that performs programmed dialogue
+with other interactive programs</para>
+
+<para>Expect installs the following files:</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+
+<para>expect</para></sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>Library Files</title>
+<para>libexpect5.39.a</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+
diff --git a/appendixa/expect.xml b/appendixa/expect.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..661a5c1ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/expect.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<sect1 id="aa-expect" xreflabel="expect">
+<title>Expect</title>
+<?dbhtml filename="expect.html" dir="appendixa"?>
+
+<para>For installation instructions see <xref linkend="ch05-expect"/>.</para>
+
+&aa-expect-down;
+&aa-expect-shortdesc;
+&aa-expect-desc;
+&aa-expect-dep;
+
+</sect1>
+
diff --git a/chapter05/expect.xml b/chapter05/expect.xml
index 3b273a85e..747b924cd 100644
--- a/chapter05/expect.xml
+++ b/chapter05/expect.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 <screen>Estimated build time:           &expect-time-static; 
 Estimated required disk space:  &expect-compsize-static;</screen>
 
+&aa-expect-shortdesc;
+&aa-expect-dep;
 &c5-expect-inst;
 
 </sect1>
diff --git a/entities/expect.ent b/entities/expect.ent
index b26f10375..bb7af2110 100644
--- a/entities/expect.ent
+++ b/entities/expect.ent
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 <!ENTITY aa-expect-down SYSTEM "../appendixa/expect-down.xml">
 
 <!ENTITY expect-version "5.39.0">
+<!ENTITY expect-depversion "5.39.0">
+<!ENTITY expect-contversion "5.39.0">
 <!ENTITY expect-patch-version "5.39.0">
 <!ENTITY expect-package "expect-&expect-version;.tar.bz2">
 <!ENTITY expect-dir "expect-&expect-version;">