diff --git a/chapter03/mounting.xml b/chapter03/mounting.xml
index 46c99f503..8a77ebc96 100644
--- a/chapter03/mounting.xml
+++ b/chapter03/mounting.xml
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ mount /dev/yyy $LFS/usr</userinput></screen></para>
 <para>Of course, replace <filename>xxx</filename> and <filename>yyy</filename>
 with the appropriate partition names.</para>
 
-<para>You should also ensure that this new partition doesn't mount with
-permissions which are too restrictive (such as the nosuid or nodev options).
-You can run the mount command with no parameters to see what options are in use.
-If you see nosuid or nodev on the LFS partition, you need to change your mount
-options.</para>
-
+<para>You should also ensure that this new partition is not mounted with
+permissions that are too restrictive (such as the nosuid. nodev and noatime
+options).  You can run the <userinput>mount</userinput> command without any
+parameters to see with what options the LFS partition is mounted with. If
+you see nosuid, nodev and/or noatime, you will need to remount it.</para>
+ 
 <para>Now that we've made ourselves a place to work in, we're ready to download
 the packages.</para>