diff --git a/chapter08/shadow.xml b/chapter08/shadow.xml
index 9ed79103f..720b52db2 100644
--- a/chapter08/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter08/shadow.xml
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ useradd -D --gid 999</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry id="libsubid">
         <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libsubid</filename></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>library for processing subordinate id ranges for users</para>
+          <para>library to handle subordinate id ranges for users and groups</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow libsubid">
             <primary sortas="c-libsubid">libsubid</primary>
           </indexterm>