diff --git a/chapter06/perl.xml b/chapter06/perl.xml
index 3a26f8ead..1f7fceb19 100644
--- a/chapter06/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter06/perl.xml
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@
        -e "s|LIB\s*= ./zlib-src|LIB        = /usr/lib|"         \
     ext/Compress-Raw-Zlib/config.in</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, you can run the
-    interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way this
-    package is built. If you prefer, you can use the defaults that Perl
-    auto-detects, by preparing Perl for compilation with:</para>
+    <para>To have full control over the way Perl is set up, you can remove the
+    <quote>-des</quote> options from the following command and hand-pick the way
+    this package is built. Alteratively, use the command exactly as below to
+    use the defaults that Perl auto-detects:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr \
                   -Dvendorprefix=/usr           \