diff --git a/appendices/dependencies.xml b/appendices/dependencies.xml
index d9c44641c..d93cc1f5e 100644
--- a/appendices/dependencies.xml
+++ b/appendices/dependencies.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
   <!-- Convenient entity for "Systemd" or "Udev" -->
-  <!ENTITY systemd-udev "<phrase revision='systemd'>Systemd</phrase>
-                         <phrase revision='sysv'>Udev</phrase>">
+  <!ENTITY systemd-udev "<phrase revision='systemd'>Systemd</phrase><phrase revision='sysv'>Udev</phrase>">
   <!ENTITY bdb "<ulink url='https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/related/berkeleydb.html'>Berkeley DB</ulink>">
 ]>
 
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@
       <segmentedlist id="acl-depends">
         <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
         <seglistitem>
-          <seg>Attr, Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC,  Gettext, Grep, M4, Make,
+          <seg>Attr, Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Grep, M4, Make,
           Perl, Sed, and Texinfo</seg>
         </seglistitem>
       </segmentedlist>
@@ -2571,9 +2570,10 @@
         <segtitle>&before;</segtitle>
         <seglistitem>
           <seg>Binutils,
-          <phrase revision='systemd'>D-Bus, </phrase>E2fsprogs,
-          IProute2, Kmod, Man-DB, Procps-ng, Python,
-          &systemd-udev;, and Util-linux</seg>
+          <phrase revision='systemd'>D-Bus, </phrase>
+          E2fsprogs, IProute2, Kmod, Man-DB, Procps-ng, Python,
+          &systemd-udev;, 
+          and Util-linux</seg>
         </seglistitem>
       </segmentedlist>
 
diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index b8b8171da..2dccf93bf 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
           packages to define the location where the package should be
           installed. If it is not set, it defaults to the root (<filename
           class="directory">/</filename>) directory. Here we specify that
-          the package is installed in <filename class="directory">$LFS
-          </filename>, which will become the root directory in <xref linkend=
+          the package is installed in <filename class="directory">
+          $LFS</filename>, which will become the root directory in <xref linkend=
           "ch-tools-chroot"/>.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/chapter10/kernel.xml b/chapter10/kernel.xml
index c1e02129a..4eb87a17b 100644
--- a/chapter10/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter10/kernel.xml
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
     <caution>
       <para>If you've decided to use a separate &boot-dir; partition for the
       LFS system (maybe sharing a &boot-dir; partition with the host
-      distro) , the files copied below should go there. The easiest way to
+      distro), the files copied below should go there. The easiest way to
       do that is to create the entry for &boot-dir; in &fstab; first (read
       the previous section for details), then issue the following command
       as the &root; user in the