diff --git a/chapter06/gawk.xml b/chapter06/gawk.xml
index efe7b4380..40d69548d 100644
--- a/chapter06/gawk.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gawk.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr   \
             --host=$LFS_TGT \
-            --build=$(./config.guess)</userinput></screen>
+            --build=$(build-aux/config.guess)</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter07/createfiles.xml b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
index 85d24c6a6..e7e3c7868 100644
--- a/chapter07/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
   command:</para>
 
 <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/passwd &lt;&lt; "EOF"
-<literal>root:x:0:0:root:/root:/usr/bin/bash
+<literal>root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
 bin:x:1:1:bin:/dev/null:/usr/bin/false
 daemon:x:6:6:Daemon User:/dev/null:/usr/bin/false
 messagebus:x:18:18:D-Bus Message Daemon User:/run/dbus:/usr/bin/false
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ nobody:x:99:99:Unprivileged User:/dev/null:/usr/bin/false</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/passwd &lt;&lt; "EOF"
-<literal>root:x:0:0:root:/root:/usr/bin/bash
+<literal>root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
 bin:x:1:1:bin:/dev/null:/usr/bin/false
 daemon:x:6:6:Daemon User:/dev/null:/usr/bin/false
 messagebus:x:18:18:D-Bus Message Daemon User:/run/dbus:/usr/bin/false
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
   user. We add this user here and delete this account at the end of that
   chapter.</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>echo "tester:x:101:101::/home/tester:/usr/bin/bash" &gt;&gt; /etc/passwd
+<screen><userinput>echo "tester:x:101:101::/home/tester:/bin/bash" &gt;&gt; /etc/passwd
 echo "tester:x:101:" &gt;&gt; /etc/group
 install -o tester -d /home/tester</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/systemd.xml b/chapter08/systemd.xml
index 8d90ebf09..3d5b89418 100644
--- a/chapter08/systemd.xml
+++ b/chapter08/systemd.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
  <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's/GROUP="render"/GROUP="video"/' \
         -e 's/GROUP="sgx", //' rules.d/50-udev-default.rules.in</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Fix a mesaon problem:</para>
+    <para>Fix a meson problem:</para>
 
  <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/+ want_libfuzzer.*$/and want_libfuzzer/' meson.build</userinput></screen>