diff --git a/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml b/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml
index 4dfb94ab2..94ab49e91 100644
--- a/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml
@@ -59,16 +59,15 @@ output of the last command will be:</para>
 
 <blockquote><screen>[Requesting program interpreter: /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2]</screen></blockquote>
 
-<para>If you did not receive the output as shown above, then something is
-seriously wrong. This includes if the output of the command is blank!
-You will need to investigate and retrace your steps to find
-out where the problem is and correct it. There is no point in continuing
-until this is done. Most likely something went wrong with the specs file
-amendment above. Note especially that <filename>/tools/lib</filename> appears
-as the prefix of our dynamic linker. Of course, if you are working on a
+<para>If you did not receive the output as shown above, or received no output at
+all, then something is seriously wrong. You will need to investigate and retrace
+your steps to find out where the problem is and correct it. There is no point in
+continuing until this is done. Most likely something went wrong with the specs
+file amendment above. Note especially that <filename>/tools/lib</filename>
+appears as the prefix of our dynamic linker. Of course, if you are working on a
 platform where the name of the dynamic linker is something other than
-<filename>ld-linux.so.2</filename>, then the output will be slightly different.
-</para>
+<filename>ld-linux.so.2</filename>, then the output will be slightly
+different.</para>
 
 <para>Once you are satisfied that all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml b/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml
index c71fea124..f3bfbea11 100644
--- a/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml
+++ b/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml
@@ -69,13 +69,12 @@ output of the last command will be:</para>
 
 <blockquote><screen>[Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld-linux.so.2]</screen></blockquote>
 
-<para>If you did not receive the output as shown above, then something is
-seriously wrong. This includes the output of the above command being empty!
-You will need to investigate and retrace your steps to find
-out where the problem is and correct it. There is no point in continuing
-until this is done. Most likely something went wrong with the specs file
-amendment above. Note especially that <filename>/lib</filename> now appears as
-the prefix of our dynamic linker. Of course, if you are working on a platform
+<para>If you did not receive the output as shown above, or received no output at
+all, then something is seriously wrong. You will need to investigate and retrace
+your steps to find out where the problem is and correct it. There is no point in
+continuing until this is done. Most likely something went wrong with the specs
+file amendment above. Note especially that <filename>/lib</filename> now appears
+as the prefix of our dynamic linker. Of course, if you are working on a platform
 where the name of the dynamic linker is something other than
 <filename>ld-linux.so.2</filename>, then the output will be slightly
 different.</para>