diff --git a/chapter08/glibc.xml b/chapter08/glibc.xml
index 14f0f5a66..79137416f 100644
--- a/chapter08/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/glibc.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>You may see some test failures. The Glibc test suite is
     somewhat dependent on the host system. A few failures out of
-    over 5000 tests can generally be ignored. This is a list of the
+    over 6000 tests can generally be ignored. This is a list of the
     most common issues seen for recent versions of LFS:</para>
 
     <itemizedlist>