diff --git a/chapter07/createfiles.xml b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
index 314540e7e..ca7de3802 100644
--- a/chapter07/createfiles.xml
+++ b/chapter07/createfiles.xml
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
   as well:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; EOF
-127.0.0.1  localhost $(hostname)
-::1        localhost
+<literal>127.0.0.1  localhost $(hostname)
+::1        localhost</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>In order for user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to be
diff --git a/chapter08/groff.xml b/chapter08/groff.xml
index 4929ff71e..64739ac67 100644
--- a/chapter08/groff.xml
+++ b/chapter08/groff.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">PAGE=<replaceable>&lt;paper_size&gt;</replaceable> ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>Build the package:</para>
+
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/python.xml b/chapter08/python.xml
index 0f50bf6ef..b03817629 100644
--- a/chapter08/python.xml
+++ b/chapter08/python.xml
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@
     well. If desired, suppress these warnings by running the following
     commands:</para>
 
- <screen><userinput remap="install">cat &gt; /etc/pip.conf &lt;&lt; EOF
-[global]
+<screen><userinput remap="install">cat &gt; /etc/pip.conf &lt;&lt; EOF
+<literal>[global]
 root-user-action = ignore
-disable-pip-version-check = true
+disable-pip-version-check = true</literal>
 EOF
 </userinput></screen>
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