diff --git a/chapter01/askforhelp.xml b/chapter01/askforhelp.xml
index 26bb3b30b..ce5992cb4 100644
--- a/chapter01/askforhelp.xml
+++ b/chapter01/askforhelp.xml
@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ problem.
-Configure Problems
+Configure Script Problems
-If something goes wrong during the stage where the configure
-script is run, review the config.log file. This
-file may contain errors encountered during configure which were not
-printed to the screen. Include those relevant lines if you need to ask
-for help.
+If something goes wrong while running the configure
+script is run, review the config.log file. This file may
+contain errors encountered during configure which were not
+printed to the screen. Include those relevant lines if you
+need to ask for help.
-Compile Problems
+Compilation Problems
Both the screen output and the contents of various files are
-useful in determining the cause of compile issues. The screen output
+useful in determining the cause of compilation problems. The screen output
from the ./configure script and the
make run can be helpful. It
is not necessary to include the entire output, but do include enough
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 511d3faac..779a4e8c8 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.
+July 6th, 2005 [matt]: Several typo corrections, as suggested
+by Bernard Leak.
+
July 5th, 2005 [archaic]: Removed reference to the wiki.
Pointed to the FAQ.
diff --git a/chapter03/introduction.xml b/chapter03/introduction.xml
index 3ffbad0b6..32e7469fe 100644
--- a/chapter03/introduction.xml
+++ b/chapter03/introduction.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ and stabilized in the development version of the book.
location has changed since this book was published, Google () provides a useful search engine for
most packages. If this search is unsuccessful, try one of the
-alternate means of downloading discussed at &lfs-root;
lfs/packages.html.
diff --git a/chapter03/packages.xml b/chapter03/packages.xml
index 7cf5a4ab6..8c0396bd9 100644
--- a/chapter03/packages.xml
+++ b/chapter03/packages.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
File (&file-version;) may no longer be available at the
listed location. The site administrators of the master download
location occasionally remove older versions when new ones are
-released. An alternate download location that may have the correct
+released. An alternative download location that may have the correct
version available is .
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.
Shadow (&shadow-version;) may no longer be available at the listed
location. The site administrators of the master download location occasionally
-remove older versions when new ones are released. An alternate download location
-that may have the correct version available is .
diff --git a/chapter06/udev.xml b/chapter06/udev.xml
index 0ff97228b..ef3e09e9a 100644
--- a/chapter06/udev.xml
+++ b/chapter06/udev.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ the configuration files here:
Run the udevstart program to create our full
-compliment of device nodes.
+complement of device nodes.
/sbin/udevstart
diff --git a/chapter07/introduction.xml b/chapter07/introduction.xml
index 2c3ca8c4c..3130e922c 100644
--- a/chapter07/introduction.xml
+++ b/chapter07/introduction.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ downloads/files/bsd-init.txt.
Searching the LFS mailing lists for depinit
will also offer
additional choices.
-If using an alternate style of init scripts, skip this chapter
+If using an alternative style of init scripts, skip this chapter
and move on to .
diff --git a/prologue/audience.xml b/prologue/audience.xml
index 3f69b4440..3f19342fa 100644
--- a/prologue/audience.xml
+++ b/prologue/audience.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
There are many reasons why somebody would want to read this
-book. The principle reason is to install a Linux system
+book. The principal reason is to install a Linux system
from the source code. A question many people raise is, why go
through all the hassle of manually building a Linux system from
scratch when you can just download and install an existing
diff --git a/prologue/foreword.xml b/prologue/foreword.xml
index 7070a4f43..7e2b91093 100644
--- a/prologue/foreword.xml
+++ b/prologue/foreword.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
My adventures in Linux began in 1998 when I downloaded and
-installed my first distribution. After working with it for awhile, I
+installed my first distribution. After working with it for a while, I
discovered issues I definitely would have liked to see improved upon.
For example, I didn't like the arrangement of the bootscripts or the way
programs were configured by default. I tried a number of alternative
diff --git a/prologue/typography.xml b/prologue/typography.xml
index 6f75e08b0..5b3154bb0 100644
--- a/prologue/typography.xml
+++ b/prologue/typography.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ referenced.
install-info: unknown option '--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'
-This form of text (fixed width text) shows screen output,
+This form of text (fixed-width text) shows screen output,
probably as the result of commands issued. This format is also used
to show filenames, such as
/etc/ld.so.conf.