diff --git a/chapter08/ninja.xml b/chapter08/ninja.xml
index 4f3a25e88..7c72b9598 100644
--- a/chapter08/ninja.xml
+++ b/chapter08/ninja.xml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
     </segmentedlist>
 
     <tip revision="sysv">
-      <para>This section is not strictly required for LFS if not using
-      systemd. On the other hand, ninja associated to meson makes
+      <para>This section is not strictly required when LFS does not use
+      systemd. On the other hand, Ninja, along with Meson, makes
       a powerful build system combination,
-      which is expected to be used more and more often. It is required for
+      which will probably be used more and more often. It is required for
       several packages in <ulink url="&blfs-book;">the BLFS
       book</ulink>.</para>
     </tip>
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Ninja</title>
 
-    <para>When run, ninja normally runs a maximum number of processes
-    in parallel.  By default this is the number of cores on the system
-    plus two.  In some cases this can overheat a CPU or run a system out
-    of memory.  If run from the command line, passing a -jN parameter
-    will limit the number of parallel processes, but some packages
-    embed the execution of ninja and do not pass a -j parameter.</para>
+    <para>When run, ninja normally utilizes the greatest possible number of processes
+    in parallel.  By default this is the number of cores on the system,
+    plus two.  This may overheat the CPU, or make the system run out
+    of memory.  When ninja is invoked from the command line, passing the -jN parameter
+    will limit the number of parallel processes. Some packages
+    embed the execution of ninja, and do not pass the -j parameter on to it.</para>
 
     <para>Using the <emphasis>optional</emphasis> procedure below allows a user to
     limit the number of parallel processes via an environment variable,
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
 
     will limit ninja to four parallel processes.</para>
 
-    <para>If desired, add the capability to use the environment variable
-    NINJAJOBS by running:</para>
+    <para>If desired, make ninja recognize the environment variable
+    NINJAJOBS by running the stream editor:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/int Guess/a \
   int   j = 0;\
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--bootstrap</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This parameter forces ninja to rebuild itself for the current
+          <para>This parameter forces Ninja to rebuild itself for the current
           system.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/chapter08/wheel.xml b/chapter08/wheel.xml
index 7ab14426a..57457dacc 100644
--- a/chapter08/wheel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/wheel.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
         <term><command>wheel</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            is a utility to unpack, pack, or convert wheel packages
+            is a utility to unpack, pack, or convert wheel archives
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-wheel">
             <primary sortas="b-wheel">wheel</primary>