diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index cd88af5ab..3f38a44c9 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 <listitem><para>autoconf-2.52</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>automake-1.4-p5</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>util-linux-2.11h</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>man-pages-1.39</para><listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
 </para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/manpages-exp.xml b/chapter06/manpages-exp.xml
index af5ff0c75..0f58fd37d 100644
--- a/chapter06/manpages-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/manpages-exp.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 <title>Command explanations</title>
 
 <para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../man-pages-&man-pages-version;.patch</userinput>:
-We patch the man-pages package to include two important missing pages:
-<filename>ldd</filename>'s, and <filename>ld.so</filename>'s.</para>
+We patch the man-pages package to include two important missing pages,
+that for <filename>ldd</filename>, and that for 
+<filename>ld.so</filename></para>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/manpages-inst.xml b/chapter06/manpages-inst.xml
index 13781a047..cb9ae2b2d 100644
--- a/chapter06/manpages-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/manpages-inst.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of Man-pages</title>
 
-<para>Install Man-pages by running the following command:</para>
+<para>Before man-pages is installed, the patch file has to be unpacked.  
+Install Man-pages by running the following commands:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../man-pages-&man-pages-version;.patch &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index bb61db661..dfcfb0b59 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
 <!ENTITY ac-netkitbase SYSTEM "appendixc/netkitbase.xml">
 <!ENTITY ac-nettools SYSTEM "appendixc/nettools.xml">
 
-<!ENTITY all-version "cvs-20010803-0848">
+<!ENTITY all-version "cvs-20010804-1130">
 <!ENTITY all-size-kb "80890 KB">
 <!ENTITY all-size-mb "79.00 MB">
 <!ENTITY bootscripts-version "lfs-bootscripts-cvs-20010731-1740">
@@ -665,8 +665,8 @@
 <!ENTITY makedev-version "1.1">
 <!ENTITY makedev-size "6.67 KB">
 
-<!ENTITY man-pages-version "1.38">
-<!ENTITY man-pages-size "485.84 KB">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-version "1.39">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-size "489 KB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-patch-size "2 KB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-compsize "manpages MB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-time "manpages minutes">