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
chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/asm -R :
These commands change the ownership of the
$LFS/usr/include/linux and the
-$LFS/usr/include/asm directories to the user
-root and group root.
+$LFS/usr/include/asm directories, plus all the
+files contained therein to the user root and group root.
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:
chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/linux -R &&
mkdir asm &&
cp -a ../src/linux/include/asm/* asm &&
-chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/linux -R &&
chown root.root $LFS/usr/include/asm -R