diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 8042572eb..32cf7da5d 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@
     </listitem>
 -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2006-08-08</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[dnicholson] - Minor text updates to the Vim page.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2006-08-05</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml
index c8b613b6a..db41ce00f 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim.xml
@@ -174,18 +174,18 @@ endif
 " End /etc/vimrc</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>The <parameter>set nocompatible</parameter> makes
+    <para>The <parameter>set nocompatible</parameter> setting makes
     <command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way (the default) than
     the vi-compatible manner. Remove the <quote>no</quote> to keep the
     old <command>vi</command> behavior. The <parameter>set
-    backspace=2</parameter> allows backspacing over line breaks,
+    backspace=2</parameter> setting allows backspacing over line breaks,
     autoindents, and the start of insert. The <parameter>syntax
-    on</parameter> enables vim's syntax highlighting. Finally, the
-    <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the <parameter>set
-    background=dark</parameter> corrects <command>vim</command>'s guess
-    about the background color of some terminal emulators. This gives the
-    highlighting a better color scheme for use on the black background of
-    these programs.</para>
+    on</parameter> parameter enables vim's syntax highlighting. Finally,
+    the <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the <parameter>set
+    background=dark</parameter> setting corrects <command>vim</command>'s
+    guess about the background color of some terminal emulators. This
+    gives the highlighting a better color scheme for use on the black
+    background of these programs.</para>
 
     <para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by
     running the following command:</para>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
       To install spell files for your preferred language, download the
       <filename>*.spl</filename> and optionally, the <filename>*.sug</filename>
       files for your language and character encoding from <ulink
-      url="ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell/"/> and and save them to
+      url="ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell/"/> and save them to
       <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/vim/vim70/spell/</filename>.</para>
 
       <para>To use these spell files, some configuration in
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
 set spell</literal></screen>
 
       <para>For more information, see the appropriate README file located
-      at the the URL above.</para>
+      at the URL above.</para>
     </note>
 
   </sect2>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 1a5a0e43e..005d3525c 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060805">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "August 5, 2006">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060808">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "August 8, 2006">
 <!ENTITY milestone "6.3">
 <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->