diff --git a/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml b/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml
index 517e5faa3..573ddb1b4 100644
--- a/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter05/kernel-exp.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ These commands copy the kernel headers in the
 <userinput>chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/asm -R </userinput>:
 These commands change the ownership of the 
 <filename>$LFS/usr/include/linux</filename> and the 
-<filename>$LFS/usr/include/asm</filename> directories to the user
-root and group root.
+<filename>$LFS/usr/include/asm</filename> directories, plus all the
+files contained therein to the user root and group root.
 </para>
 
 </sect2>
diff --git a/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml b/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml
index 3975d654c..87c7a9509 100644
--- a/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/kernel-inst.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ The kernel configuration file is created by running the following command:
 <userinput>chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/linux -R &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>mkdir asm &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>cp -a ../src/linux/include/asm/* asm &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-<userinput>chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/linux -R &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/asm -R</userinput>
 </screen>
 </para>