diff --git a/chapter08/glibc.xml b/chapter08/glibc.xml
index 675adf633..e8ca57ab2 100644
--- a/chapter08/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/glibc.xml
@@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
 -->
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>You may see some test failures.  The Glibc test suite is
-    somewhat dependent on the host system.  This is a list of the most common
-    issues seen for some versions of LFS:</para>
+    <para>You may see some test failures. The Glibc test suite is
+    somewhat dependent on the host system. A few failures out of
+    over 4200 tests can generally be ignored. This is a list of the 
+    most common issues seen for recent versions of LFS:</para>
 
     <itemizedlist>
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
         <para><emphasis>misc/tst-ttyname</emphasis> 
         is known to fail in the LFS chroot environment.</para>
       </listitem>
-
+<!--
       <listitem>
         <para>The <emphasis>nss/tst-nss-files-hosts-multi</emphasis>
         test may fail for reasons that have not been determined.</para>
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
         systems where the CPU is not a relatively new Intel or
         AMD processor.</para>
       </listitem>
-
+-->
     </itemizedlist>
 
     <para>Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will