diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 84054f34a..e02576110 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[rahul] - Update to pkgconf-2.0.1. Fixes
-          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5315'>#5316</ulink>.</para>
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5316'>#5316</ulink>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
diff --git a/chapter08/gcc.xml b/chapter08/gcc.xml
index dcc17a1ad..644e84339 100644
--- a/chapter08/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gcc.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
       In the asan tests, several tests in <filename>asan_test.C</filename> 
         are known to fail.
       The test named <filename>interception-malloc-test-1.C</filename> 
-        are known to fail.
+        is known to fail.
     </para>
 
     <para>A few unexpected failures cannot always be avoided. The GCC developers