diff --git a/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml
index 75196e76a..ac8dd0b27 100644
--- a/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 <para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-logger \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--disable-whois --disable-servers
 </userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
@@ -25,6 +26,15 @@ because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para><userinput>--sysconfdir=/etc</userinput>: This option
 tells the binaries created by the package to look in /etc for their
 configuration files</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-whois</userinput>: This option disables
+the building of the inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date.
+Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-servers</userinput>: This disables the
+compilation of the various server utilities included as part of the Inetutils
+package. Many of these have known security vulnerabilities, and for most there
+are better replacements.</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
 <para>Compile the package:</para>