diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
index 79b1303e4..9342a4e78 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-exp.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 <para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../ncurses-&ncurses-version;-patch:</userinput>
 This patch fixes a compile problem with GCC-3.2 because Ncurses uses
-constructions that are no longer valid in the new C++ standard.</para>
+constructions that are not valid in ANSI C++ and don't compile with
+recent GCC versions that conform to the standard.</para>
 
 <para><userinput>--with-shared:</userinput> This enables the build of the
 shared ncurses library files.</para>