diff --git a/chapter06/chroot.sgml b/chapter06/chroot.sgml
index 3c5abcc93..af491edfb 100644
--- a/chapter06/chroot.sgml
+++ b/chapter06/chroot.sgml
@@ -16,11 +16,17 @@ actually /mnt/lfs but the shell doesn't know that).
 <blockquote><literallayout>
 
 	<userinput>cd $LFS &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-	<userinput>chroot $LFS /usr/bin/env -i HOME=/root /bin/bash 
-		--login</userinput>
+	<userinput>chroot $LFS /usr/bin/env -i HOME=/root \
+		TERM=`echo $TERM` /bin/bash --login</userinput>
 
 </literallayout></blockquote>
 
+<para>
+The TERM=`echo $TERM` construction will set the $TERM value inside
+chroot to the same value as outside chroot which is needed for programs
+like vim and less to operate properly.
+</para>
+
 <para>
 Now that we are inside a chroot'ed environment, we can continue to
 install all the basic system software. Make sure you execute all the