diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
index ef9f3948c..8cd14ba6b 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
@@ -136,16 +136,16 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--enable-default-hash-style=gnu</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>By default, the linker would generate both the GNU-style
-          hash table and the classic ELF hash table for shared libraries and
-          dynamically linked executables.  The hash tables are only intended
-          for a dynamic linker to perform symbol lookup.  On LFS the dynamic
-          linker (provided by the Glibc package) will always use the
-          GNU-style hash table which is faster to query.  So the classic
-          ELF hash table is completely useless.  This makes the linker
-          only generate the GNU-style hash table by default, so we can avoid
-          wasting time to generate the classic ELF hash table when we build
-          the packages, or wasting disk space to store it.</para>
+          <para>By default, the linker would generate the classic ELF hash
+          table for shared libraries and dynamically linked executables
+          because the GNU-style hash table is incompatible with the MIPS o32
+          ABI. The hash tables are only intended for a dynamic linker to
+          perform symbol lookup.  On LFS the dynamic linker (provided by the
+          Glibc package) supports the GNU-style hash table, and this LFS
+          edition does not support the o32 ABI.  So this is used to make the
+          linker generate the GNU-style hash table instead of the classic
+          ELF hash table by default, as the GNU-style hash table is faster
+          to query.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>