diff --git a/chapter08/stripping.xml b/chapter08/stripping.xml
index e7ab14f6d..519119088 100644
--- a/chapter08/stripping.xml
+++ b/chapter08/stripping.xml
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@
 
   <note><para>The ELF loader's name is ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 on 64-bit systems
   and ld-linux.so.2 on 32-bit systems.  The construct below selects the
-  correct name for the current architecture.</para></note>
+  correct name for the current architecture, excluding anything ending
+  with <quote>g</quote>, in case the commands below have already been
+  run.</para></note>
 
 <!-- also of interest are libgfortan, libgo, libgomp, and libobjc from GCC -->
 
 <!--<screen><userinput>save_lib="ld-2.25.so libc-2.25.so libpthread-2.25.so libthread_db-1.0.so"-->
-<screen><userinput>save_usrlib="$(cd /usr/lib; ls ld-linux*)
+<screen><userinput>save_usrlib="$(cd /usr/lib; ls ld-linux*[^g])
              libc.so.6
              libthread_db.so.1
              libquadmath.so.&libquadmath-version;