diff --git a/chapter08/libtool.xml b/chapter08/libtool.xml
index e7eeb3ad9..5f1d3c36d 100644
--- a/chapter08/libtool.xml
+++ b/chapter08/libtool.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <title/>
 
     <para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support script.
-    It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a consistent, portable
+    It makes the use of shared libraries simpler with a consistent, portable
     interface.</para>
 
     <segmentedlist>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make -k check</userinput></screen>
 
-    <note><para>The test time for libtool can be reduced significantly on a
+    <note><para>The test time for Libtool can be reduced significantly on a
     system with multiple cores.  To do this, append
     <command>TESTSUITEFLAGS=-j&lt;N&gt;</command> to the line above.  For
     instance, using -j4 can reduce the test time by over 60
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
     <para>Five tests are known to fail in the LFS build environment due
     to a circular dependency, but these tests pass if rechecked after
-    automake is installed.  Additionally, with grep-3.8, two tests will
+    automake has been installed.  Additionally, with grep-3.8, two tests will
     trigger a warning for non-POSIX regular expressions and fail.</para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
       <varlistentry id="libltdl">
         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libltdl</filename></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries</para>
+          <para>Hides the various difficulties of opening dynamically linked libraries</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libltdl">
             <primary sortas="c-libltdl">libltdl</primary>
           </indexterm>