diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
index 8e9c32751..1d2368fce 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ unset them when building Binutils.</para>
 
 <para>Create a separate build directory again:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../binutils-build
 cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index 0be480aba..0b022a19b 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-gcc4_iconvdata-patch;</userinput></screen>
 <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source
 directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>mkdir ../glibc-build
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build
 cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Next, prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
diff --git a/chapter09/reboot.xml b/chapter09/reboot.xml
index 88b2fbcdb..babdfaeb2 100644
--- a/chapter09/reboot.xml
+++ b/chapter09/reboot.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ umount -v $LFS/sys</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Unmount the LFS file system itself:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>umount $LFS</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>umount -v $LFS</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>If multiple partitions were created, unmount the other
 partitions before unmounting the main one, like this:</para>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index c9ea4b091..eba958d34 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20051015">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "October 15, 2005">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20051019">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "October 19, 2005">
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.2">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->