diff --git a/chapter08/perl.xml b/chapter08/perl.xml
index 1e237ddc6..112780c4a 100644
--- a/chapter08/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter08/perl.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 export BUILD_BZIP2=0</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, you can remove the
-    <quote>-des</quote> option from the following command and hand-pick the way
+    <quote>-des</quote> options from the following command and hand-pick the way
     this package is built. Alternatively, use the command exactly as shown below to
     use the defaults that Perl auto-detects:</para>