diff --git a/chapter08/glibc.xml b/chapter08/glibc.xml
index ac5af832e..521ebefe7 100644
--- a/chapter08/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/glibc.xml
@@ -394,10 +394,10 @@ unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen>
           <filename class="directory">zoneinfo/posix</filename>. It is
           necessary to put the POSIX time zones in
           <filename class="directory">zoneinfo</filename>, otherwise various
-          test-suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is
+          test suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is
           tight and you do not intend to ever update the time zones, you could save
           1.9 MB by not using the <filename class="directory">posix</filename>
-          directory, but some applications or test-suites might produce some
+          directory, but some applications or test suites might produce some
           failures.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>