diff --git a/chapter08/python.xml b/chapter08/python.xml
index 8d3c1f905..0f22ab2a9 100644
--- a/chapter08/python.xml
+++ b/chapter08/python.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Some tests are known to hang indefinitely.  So to test the
+    <para>Some tests are known to occasionally hang indefinitely.  So to test the
     results, run the test suite but set a 2-minute time limit for each
     test case:</para>