diff --git a/chapter08/libelf.xml b/chapter08/libelf.xml
index 7286d0a4e..9fac415e1 100644
--- a/chapter08/libelf.xml
+++ b/chapter08/libelf.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Libelf</title>
 
-      <para>Libelf is part of elfutils-&elfutils-version; package. Use
-      the elfutils-&elfutils-version;.tar.bz2 as the source tarball.</para>
+      <para>Libelf is part of the elfutils-&elfutils-version; package. Use
+      the elfutils-&elfutils-version;.tar.bz2 file as the source tarball.</para>
 
     <para>Prepare Libelf for compilation:</para>
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>One test named <filename>run-low_high_pc.sh</filename> is known to
-    fail on 32-bit x86 system.</para>
+    fail on 32-bit x86 systems.</para>
 
     <para>Install only Libelf:</para>