diff --git a/chapter06/autoconf.xml b/chapter06/autoconf.xml
index 08dfe71c2..12166a8ea 100644
--- a/chapter06/autoconf.xml
+++ b/chapter06/autoconf.xml
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
         <term><command>autoconf</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Produces shell scripts that automatically configure software
-          source code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems.
-          The configuration scripts it produces are independent&mdash;running
+          source code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems;
+          the configuration scripts it produces are independent&mdash;running
           them does not require the <command>autoconf</command> program</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf">
             <primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary>
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Helps when writing <filename>configure.in</filename> files
           for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package
-          uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package has already been set
+          uses in C preprocessor conditionals [If a package has already been set
           up to have some portability, this program can help determine what
           <command>configure</command> needs to check for. It can also fill in
           gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by
-          <command>autoscan</command></para>
+          <command>autoscan</command>.]</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames">
             <primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/automake.xml b/chapter06/automake.xml
index c58cf6184..9c8132d2b 100644
--- a/chapter06/automake.xml
+++ b/chapter06/automake.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ make -j4 check</userinput></screen>
         automake-&am-minor-version;, compile, config.guess, config.sub,
         depcomp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs,
         py-compile, and ylwrap</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/share/aclocal-&am-minor-version;, /usr/share/automake-&am-minor-version;,
+        <seg>/usr/share/aclocal-&am-minor-version;, /usr/share/automake-&am-minor-version;, and
         /usr/share/doc/automake-&automake-version;</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ make -j4 check</userinput></screen>
         <listitem>
           <para>A tool for automatically generating
           <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files from
-          <filename>Makefile.am</filename> files. To create all the
+          <filename>Makefile.am</filename> files [To create all the
           <filename>Makefile.in</filename> files for a package, run this program
           in the top-level directory. By scanning the
           <filename>configure.in</filename> file, it automatically finds each
           appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> file and generates the
-          corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file</para>
+          corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename> file.]</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake">
             <primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml
index e3e15faa3..c87ab1ea9 100644
--- a/chapter06/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>addr2line, ar, as, c++filt, elfedit, gprof, ld, ld.bfd, nm,
         objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, and strip</seg>
-        <seg><!--libiberty.a,--> libbfd.{a,so}, and libopcodes.{a,so}</seg>
+        <seg>libbfd.{a,so} and libopcodes.{a,so}</seg>
         <seg>/usr/lib/ldscripts</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
@@ -315,20 +315,7 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
-<!--
-      <varlistentry id="libiberty">
-        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libiberty</filename></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Contains routines used by various GNU programs, including
-          <command>getopt</command>, <command>obstack</command>,
-          <command>strerror</command>, <command>strtol</command>, and
-          <command>strtoul</command></para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libiberty">
-            <primary sortas="c-libiberty">libiberty</primary>
-          </indexterm>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
--->
+
       <varlistentry id="libbfd">
         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libbfd</filename></term>
         <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index 568aae7fe..2c1b26654 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ sed -i s/\"1\"/\"8\"/1 /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry id="mkfifo">
         <term><command>mkfifo</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a <quote>named
-          pipe</quote> in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para>
+          <para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a "named
+          pipe" in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo">
             <primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
index 7374c75c0..7aa781254 100644
--- a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         <seg>libcom_err.{a,so}, libe2p.{a,so}, libext2fs.{a,so},
         libquota.a, and libss.{a,so}</seg>
         <seg>/usr/include/e2p, /usr/include/et, /usr/include/ext2fs,
-        /usr/include/quota, /usr/include/ss, /usr/share/et, /usr/share/ss</seg>
+        /usr/include/quota, /usr/include/ss, /usr/share/et, and /usr/share/ss</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         <term><command>e2undo</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Replays the undo log undo_log for an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem
-          found on a device. This can be used to undo a failed operation by an
-          e2fsprogs program</para>
+          found on a device [This can be used to undo a failed operation by an
+          e2fsprogs program.]</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2undo">
             <primary sortas="b-e2undo">e2undo</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         <term><command>fsck.ext2</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
-          file systems. This is a hard link to <command>e2fsck</command></para>
+          file systems and is a hard link to <command>e2fsck</command></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext2">
             <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext2">fsck.ext2</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         <term><command>fsck.ext3</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
-          file systems. This is a hard link to <command>e2fsck</command></para>
+          file systems and is a hard link to <command>e2fsck</command></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext3">
             <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext3">fsck.ext3</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         <term><command>fsck.ext4</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem>
-          file systems. This is a hard link to <command>e2fsck</command></para>
+          file systems and is a hard link to <command>e2fsck</command></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext4">
             <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext4">fsck.ext4</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         <term><command>fsck.ext4dev</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>By default checks <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem>
-          development file systems. This is a hard link to
+          development file systems and  is a hard link to
           <command>e2fsck</command></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck.ext4dev">
             <primary sortas="b-fsck.ext4dev">fsck.ext4dev</primary>
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         <term><command>mkfs.ext2</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
-          file systems. This is a hard link to <command>mke2fs</command></para>
+          file systems and is a hard link to <command>mke2fs</command></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext2">
             <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext2">mkfs.ext2</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         <term><command>mkfs.ext3</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
-          file systems. This is a hard link to <command>mke2fs</command></para>
+          file systems and is a hard link to <command>mke2fs</command></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext3">
             <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext3">mkfs.ext3</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         <term><command>mkfs.ext4</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem>
-          file systems. This is a hard link to <command>mke2fs</command></para>
+          file systems and is a hard link to <command>mke2fs</command></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext4">
             <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext4">mkfs.ext4</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info</userin
         <term><command>mkfs.ext4dev</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>By default creates <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem>
-          development file systems. This is a hard link to <command>mke2fs</command></para>
+          development file systems and is a hard link to <command>mke2fs</command></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mkfs.ext4dev">
             <primary sortas="b-mkfs.ext4dev">mkfs.ext4dev</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/gawk.xml b/chapter06/gawk.xml
index 81e572172..32b8165a3 100644
--- a/chapter06/gawk.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gawk.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ cp    -v doc/{awkforai.txt,*.{eps,pdf,jpg}} /usr/share/doc/gawk-&gawk-version;</
         <seg>filefuncs.so, fnmatch.so, fork.so, inplace.so, ordchr.so,
         readdir.so, readfile.so, revoutput.so, revtwoway.so, rwarray.so,
         testext.so, and time.so</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/lib/gawk, /usr/libexec/awk, /usr/share/awk, 
+        <seg>/usr/lib/gawk, /usr/libexec/awk, /usr/share/awk, and
         /usr/share/doc/gawk-&gawk-version;</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/gcc.xml b/chapter06/gcc.xml
index c9063842a..ab0fde85a 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc.xml
@@ -314,9 +314,9 @@ mv -v /usr/lib/*gdb.py /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
         libgcc_s.so, libgcov.a, libgomp.{a,so}, libiberty.a, libitm.{a,so},
         liblto_plugin.so, 
         libquadmath.{a,so}, libssp.{a,so},
-        libssp_nonshared.a, libstdc++.{a,so}, libsupc++.a and libtsan.{a,so}</seg>
+        libssp_nonshared.a, libstdc++.{a,so}, libsupc++.a, and libtsan.{a,so}</seg>
 
-        <seg>/usr/include/c++, /usr/lib/gcc, /usr/libexec/gcc, 
+        <seg>/usr/include/c++, /usr/lib/gcc, /usr/libexec/gcc, and 
         /usr/share/gcc-&gcc-version;</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
@@ -492,18 +492,7 @@ mv -v /usr/lib/*gdb.py /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
-<!--
-      <varlistentry id="libmudflap">
-        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmudflap</filename></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Contains routines that support GCC's bounds checking
-          functionality</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libmudflap">
-            <primary sortas="c-libmudflap*">libmudflap*</primary>
-          </indexterm>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
--->
+
       <varlistentry id="libquadmath">
         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libquadmath</filename></term>
         <listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/gettext.xml b/chapter06/gettext.xml
index cdbcdc392..f1a236ae8 100644
--- a/chapter06/gettext.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gettext.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         ngettext, recode-sr-latin, and xgettext</seg>
         <seg>libasprintf.{a,so}, libgettextlib.so, libgettextpo.{a,so},
         libgettextsrc.so, and preloadable_libintl.so</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/lib/gettext, /usr/share/doc/gettext-&gettext-version;,
+        <seg>/usr/lib/gettext, /usr/share/doc/gettext-&gettext-version;, and
         /usr/share/gettext</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml
index ed69cd7b9..a16ff6c58 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ unset ZONEINFO</userinput></screen>
           test-suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is
           tight and you do not intend to ever update the timezones, you could save
           1.9MB by not using the <filename class="directory">posix</filename>
-          directory, but some applications or test-suites might give less good
-          results</para>
+          directory, but some applications or test-suites might produce some
+          failures.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ mkdir -pv /etc/ld.so.conf.d</userinput></screen>
         /usr/include/protocols, /usr/include/rpc, /usr/include/rpcsvc,
         /usr/include/sys, /usr/lib/audit, /usr/lib/gconv, /usr/lib/locale,
         /usr/libexec/getconf, /usr/share/i18n, /usr/share/zoneinfo,
-        /var/cache/nscd, /var/lib/nss_db</seg>
+        /var/cache/nscd, and /var/lib/nss_db</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/groff.xml b/chapter06/groff.xml
index 9e837f5fc..b35c563f4 100644
--- a/chapter06/groff.xml
+++ b/chapter06/groff.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         pic2graph, post-grohtml, preconv, pre-grohtml, refer, roff2dvi,
         roff2html, roff2pdf, roff2ps, roff2text, roff2x, soelim, tbl, tfmtodit,
         and troff</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/lib/groff, /usr/share/doc/groff-&groff-version;,
+        <seg>/usr/lib/groff and /usr/share/doc/groff-&groff-version;,
         /usr/share/groff</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/intltool.xml b/chapter06/intltool.xml
index ac157a2cd..af71ca422 100644
--- a/chapter06/intltool.xml
+++ b/chapter06/intltool.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ install -v -Dm644 doc/I18N-HOWTO /usr/share/doc/intltool-&intltool-version;/I18N
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>intltool-extract, intltool-merge, intltool-prepare,
         intltool-update, and intltoolize</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/share/doc/intltool-&intltool-version;,
+        <seg>/usr/share/doc/intltool-&intltool-version; and
         /usr/share/intltool</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/iproute2.xml b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
index 14d3a2cb0..2a6cbf637 100644
--- a/chapter06/iproute2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ sed -i 's/arpd.8//' man/man8/Makefile</userinput></screen>
         nstat, routef, routel, rtacct, rtmon, rtpr, rtstat (link to lnstat), ss,
         and tc</seg>
         <seg>/etc/iproute2, /usr/lib/tc, /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;,
-        /usr/lib/tc</seg>
+        and /usr/lib/tc</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ sed -i 's/arpd.8//' man/man8/Makefile</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry id="ifcfg">
         <term><command>ifcfg</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>A shell script wrapper for the <command>ip</command> command.
-          Note that it requires the <command>arping</command> and
+          <para>A shell script wrapper for the <command>ip</command> command
+          [Note that it requires the <command>arping</command> and
           <command>rdisk</command> programs from the
-          iputils package found at <ulink url="http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/"/></para>
+          iputils package found at <ulink url="http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/"/>.]</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifcfg">
             <primary sortas="b-ifcfg">ifcfg</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ sed -i 's/arpd.8//' man/man8/Makefile</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry id="lnstat">
         <term><command>lnstat</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Provides Linux network statistics.  It is a generalized and more
+          <para>Provides Linux network statistics; it is a generalized and more
           feature-complete replacement for the old <command>rtstat</command>
           program</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 lnstat">
diff --git a/chapter06/kbd.xml b/chapter06/kbd.xml
index 3a347be9b..412ec6f29 100644
--- a/chapter06/kbd.xml
+++ b/chapter06/kbd.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ cp -R -v docs/doc/* /usr/share/doc/kbd-&kbd-version;</userinput></screen>
         setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setmetamode,
         showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop</seg>
         <seg>/usr/share/consolefonts, /usr/share/consoletrans, /usr/share/keymaps,
-        /usr/share/unimaps</seg>
+        and /usr/share/unimaps</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
@@ -385,9 +385,9 @@ cp -R -v docs/doc/* /usr/share/doc/kbd-&kbd-version;</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry id="unicode_start">
         <term><command>unicode_start</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Don't use this
+          <para>Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode [Don't use this
           program unless your keymap file is in the ISO-8859-1 encoding. For
-          other encodings, this utility produces incorrect results</para>
+          other encodings, this utility produces incorrect results.]</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start">
             <primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/libtool.xml b/chapter06/libtool.xml
index 35f8b5419..5ad81b563 100644
--- a/chapter06/libtool.xml
+++ b/chapter06/libtool.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>libtool and libtoolize</seg>
         <seg>libltdl.{a,so}</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/include/libltdl, /usr/share/libtool</seg>
+        <seg>/usr/include/libltdl and /usr/share/libtool</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/linux-headers.xml b/chapter06/linux-headers.xml
index 17b2694db..bf2a8adf8 100644
--- a/chapter06/linux-headers.xml
+++ b/chapter06/linux-headers.xml
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ find dest/include \( -name .install -o -name ..install.cmd \) -delete
         <seg>/usr/include/asm/*.h, /usr/include/asm-generic/*.h,
         /usr/include/drm/*.h, /usr/include/linux/*.h, /usr/include/mtd/*.h,
         /usr/include/rdma/*.h, /usr/include/scsi/*.h, /usr/include/sound/*.h,
-        /usr/include/video/*.h, /usr/include/xen/*.h</seg>
+        /usr/include/video/*.h, and /usr/include/xen/*.h</seg>
         <seg>/usr/include/asm, /usr/include/asm-generic, /usr/include/drm,
         /usr/include/linux, /usr/include/mtd, /usr/include/rdma,
-        /usr/include/scsi, /usr/include/sound, /usr/include/video, /usr/include/xen</seg>
+        /usr/include/scsi, /usr/include/sound, /usr/include/video, and /usr/include/xen</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/m4.xml b/chapter06/m4.xml
index 783aca41d..ca2f5b582 100644
--- a/chapter06/m4.xml
+++ b/chapter06/m4.xml
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
         <term><command>m4 </command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>copies the given files while expanding the macros that they
-          contain. These macros are either built-in or user-defined and can
+          contain [These macros are either built-in or user-defined and can
           take any number of arguments. Besides performing macro expansion,
           <command>m4</command> has built-in functions for including named
           files, running Unix commands, performing integer arithmetic,
           manipulating text, recursion, etc. The <command>m4</command> program
           can be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a macro processor
-          in its own right</para>
+          in its own right.]</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-m4 m4">
             <primary sortas="b-m4">m4</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/man-db.xml b/chapter06/man-db.xml
index 503c9c07a..40a3d261f 100644
--- a/chapter06/man-db.xml
+++ b/chapter06/man-db.xml
@@ -280,8 +280,9 @@
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>accessdb, apropos (link to whatis), catman, lexgrog, man, mandb,
         manpath, whatis, and zsoelim</seg>
-        <seg>libman.so, libmandb.so</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/lib/man-db, /usr/libexec/man-db, /usr/share/doc/man-db-&man-db-version;</seg>
+        <seg>libman.so and libmandb.so</seg>
+        <seg>/usr/lib/man-db, /usr/libexec/man-db,
+        and /usr/share/doc/man-db-&man-db-version;</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
index 571ac00b9..6761124d4 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
         ncursesw5-config, reset (link to tset), tabs, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg>
         <seg>libcursesw.{a,so} (symlink and linker script to libncursesw.{a,so}),
         libformw.{a,so}, libmenuw.{a,so}, libncurses++w.a, libncursesw.{a,so},
-        libpanelw.{a,so} and their non-wide-character counterparts without "w"
+        libpanelw.{a,so}, and their non-wide-character counterparts without "w"
         in the library names.</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/share/tabset, /usr/share/terminfo,
+        <seg>/usr/share/tabset, /usr/share/terminfo, and
         /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version;</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
         <listitem>
           <para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a
           terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the
-          ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
-          capabilities of a certain terminal</para>
+          ncurses library routines [A terminfo file contains information on the
+          capabilities of a certain terminal.]</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic">
             <primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/patch.xml b/chapter06/patch.xml
index e75881820..6c6c6852b 100644
--- a/chapter06/patch.xml
+++ b/chapter06/patch.xml
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@
       <varlistentry id="patch">
         <term><command>patch</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Modifies files according to a patch file. A patch file is
+          <para>Modifies files according to a patch file [A patch file is
           normally a difference listing created with the <command>diff</command>
           program. By applying these differences to the original files,
-          <command>patch</command> creates the patched versions</para>
+          <command>patch</command> creates the patched versions.]</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-patch patch">
             <primary sortas="b-patch">patch</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/procps.xml b/chapter06/procps.xml
index a4f4b412b..b8fb4182f 100644
--- a/chapter06/procps.xml
+++ b/chapter06/procps.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libprocps.so) /usr/lib/libprocps.so</useri
         <seg>free, pgrep, pidof, pkill, pmap, ps, pwdx, slabtop,
         sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch</seg>
         <seg>libprocps.so</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/include/proc, /usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;</seg>
+        <seg>/usr/include/proc and /usr/share/doc/procps-ng-&procps-ng-version;</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index 308d04af5..1f8c63e56 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libhistory.so ) /usr/lib/libhistory.so</us
       <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
 
       <seglistitem>
-        <seg>libhistory.{a,so}, and libreadline.{a,so}</seg>
-        <seg>/usr/include/readline, /usr/share/readline,
+        <seg>libhistory.{a,so} and libreadline.{a,so}</seg>
+        <seg>/usr/include/readline, /usr/share/readline, and
         /usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version;</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml
index 25fc55a29..625b313e4 100644
--- a/chapter06/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ ln -sfv ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen> -->
       <varlistentry id="nologin">
         <term><command>nologin</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Displays a message that an account is not available. Designed
+          <para>Displays a message that an account is not available; it is designed
           to be used as the default shell for accounts that have been
           disabled</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow nologin">
diff --git a/chapter06/sysklogd.xml b/chapter06/sysklogd.xml
index 421eb18c7..db76b6c85 100644
--- a/chapter06/sysklogd.xml
+++ b/chapter06/sysklogd.xml
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry id="syslogd">
         <term><command>syslogd</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Logs the messages that system programs offer for logging. Every
+          <para>Logs the messages that system programs offer for logging [Every
           logged message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname, and
           normally the program's name too, but that depends on how trusting the
-          logging daemon is told to be</para>
+          logging daemon is told to bei.]</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd">
             <primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/sysvinit.xml b/chapter06/sysvinit.xml
index 6394b4e05..33376f7c2 100644
--- a/chapter06/sysvinit.xml
+++ b/chapter06/sysvinit.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>The first process to be started when the kernel has initialized
           the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all the
-          proceses it is instructed to</para>
+          proceses specified in its configuration file</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit init-sysv">
             <primary sortas="b-init">init</primary>
           </indexterm>
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@
         <term><command>killall5</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own
-          session so it will not kill the shell running the script that called
-          it</para>
+          session so it will not kill its parent shell</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit killall5">
             <primary sortas="b-killall5">killall5</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
index b4a5639b6..d94c049eb 100644
--- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml
+++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
         <listitem>
           <para>Used to read info pages which are similar to man pages, but
           often go much deeper than just explaining all the available command
-          line options. For example, compare <command>man bison</command> and
-          <command>info bison</command></para>
+          line options [For example, compare <command>man bison</command> and
+          <command>info bison</command>.]</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info">
             <primary sortas="b-info">info</primary>
           </indexterm>
diff --git a/chapter06/util-linux.xml b/chapter06/util-linux.xml
index 2f3f9dd73..0b6d41d7c 100644
--- a/chapter06/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter06/util-linux.xml
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
         swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, switch_root, tailf, taskset, ul,
         umount, unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, wall, wdctl, whereis,
         wipefs, and x86_64</seg>
-        <seg>libblkid.{a,so}, libmount.{a,so}, libuuid.{a,so}</seg>
+        <seg>libblkid.{a,so}, libmount.{a,so}, and libuuid.{a,so}</seg>
         <seg>/etc/terminal-colors.d, /usr/include/blkid, /usr/include/libmount, 
-        /usr/include/uuid, /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;/getopt, /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
+        /usr/include/uuid, /usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;/getopt, 
+        and /var/lib/hwclock</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
@@ -1013,7 +1014,7 @@ su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry id="tailf">
         <term><command>tailf</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Tracks the growth of a log file. Displays the last 10 lines
+          <para>Tracks the growth of a log file; displays the last 10 lines
           of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the
           log file as they are created</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tailf">
diff --git a/chapter06/xz.xml b/chapter06/xz.xml
index 60402cd18..77f3c298d 100644
--- a/chapter06/xz.xml
+++ b/chapter06/xz.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ ln -svf ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/liblzma.so) /usr/lib/liblzma.so</userinput
         lzmadec, lzmainfo, lzmore (link to xzmore),
         unlzma (link to xz), unxz, (link to xz), xz, xzcat (link to xz),
         xzcmp (link to xzdiff), xzdec, xzdiff, xzegrep (link to xzgrep),
-        xzfgrep (link to xzgrep), xzgrep, xzless, xzmore</seg>
+        xzfgrep (link to xzgrep), xzgrep, xzless, and xzmore</seg>
         <seg>liblzma.{a,so}</seg>
         <seg>/usr/include/lzma and /usr/share/doc/xz-&xz-version;</seg>
       </seglistitem>