diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
index 9e7764ecf..8d7c8b1fe 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--with-manpage-format=normal</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This prevents Ncurses installing compressed manual
+          <para>This prevents Ncurses from installing compressed manual
           pages, which may happen if the host distribution itself
           has compressed manual pages.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--without-normal</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This prevents Ncurses building and installing static C
+          <para>This prevents Ncurses from building and installing static C
           libraries.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--without-debug</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This prevents Ncurses building and installing debug
+          <para>This prevents Ncurses from building and installing debug
           libraries.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>