diff --git a/chapter07/createfiles.xml b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
index d5f9febde..7b038ef3d 100644
--- a/chapter07/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
   <para>Historically, Linux maintains a list of the mounted file systems in the
   file <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>. Modern kernels maintain this list
-  internally and exposes it to the user via the <filename
+  internally and expose it to the user via the <filename
   class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem. To satisfy utilities that
   expect the presence of <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>, create the following
   symbolic link:</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/stripping.xml b/chapter08/stripping.xml
index 772b91c5f..22b34562a 100644
--- a/chapter08/stripping.xml
+++ b/chapter08/stripping.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 <!-- also of interest are libgfortan, libgo, libgomp, and libobjc from GCC -->
 
 <!--<screen><userinput>save_lib="ld-2.25.so libc-2.25.so libpthread-2.25.so libthread_db-1.0.so"-->
-      <screen><userinput>save_usrlib="$(cd /usr/lib; ls ld-linux*)
+<screen><userinput>save_usrlib="$(cd /usr/lib; ls ld-linux*)
              libc.so.6
              libthread_db.so.1
              libquadmath.so.&libquadmath-version;
diff --git a/pdf-fixups.sh b/pdf-fixups.sh
index 44fe56370..d39d3f10f 100755
--- a/pdf-fixups.sh
+++ b/pdf-fixups.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ LINE=$(( LINE - 1 ))
 
 # Not needed
 #sed -i -e "$LINE s/monospace/&\" font-size=\"9pt/" $FILE
+sed -i -e "s/monospace/&\" font-size=\"9pt/g" $FILE
 
 # Break a block of code at the right place
 sed -i -e 's@gcc --version@<fo:block page-break-before="always"></fo:block>&@' $FILE