diff --git a/chapter08/binutils.xml b/chapter08/binutils.xml
index d9855e735..96b820277 100644
--- a/chapter08/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/binutils.xml
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make -k check</userinput></screen>
 
+<para>Twelve tests fail in the <command>gold</command> testsuite when the
+    <option>--enable-default-pie</option> and
+    <option>--enable-default-ssp</option> options are passed to GCC. There
+    is also a known failure in the <command>as</command> tests.</para>
     <!-- Fixed in 2.39
          https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=01ae03b
     <para>One gold test, <filename>pr17704a_test</filename>, is known to