diff --git a/appendixa/bash-desc.xml b/appendixa/bash-desc.xml
index 56dfb3a0a..5baa77c5d 100644
--- a/appendixa/bash-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/bash-desc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <para>Last checked against version &bash-contversion;.</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>bash</title>
 <para>bash is the Bourne-Again SHell, which is a widely used command
diff --git a/appendixa/binutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/binutils-desc.xml
index 8dd54bd1a..312f0e869 100644
--- a/appendixa/binutils-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/binutils-desc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <para>Last checked against version &binutils-contversion;.</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>addr2line</title>
 <para>addr2line translates program addresses into file names and line numbers. 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ modified copies under different names.</para></sect4>
 
 </sect3>
 
-<sect3><title>Library files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>libbfd</title>
 <para>libbfd is the Binary File Descriptor library.</para></sect4>
diff --git a/appendixa/bzip2-desc.xml b/appendixa/bzip2-desc.xml
index 7fd45ffe7..1a786a9c1 100644
--- a/appendixa/bzip2-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/bzip2-desc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <para>Last checked against version &bzip2-contversion;</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>bunzip2</title>
 <para>bunzip2 decompresses files that are compressed with
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ terminal, like more.</para></sect4>
 
 </sect3>
 
-<sect3><title>Library files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>libbz2</title>
 <para>libbz2 is the library for implementing lossless, block-sorting data
diff --git a/appendixa/diffutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/diffutils-desc.xml
index 188f9dfe6..45deab3e4 100644
--- a/appendixa/diffutils-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/diffutils-desc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <para>Last checked against version &diffutils-contversion;.</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>cmp and diff</title>
 <para>cmp and diff both compare two files and report their differences. Both
diff --git a/appendixa/fileutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/fileutils-desc.xml
index a7ee4281a..1fd4f2196 100644
--- a/appendixa/fileutils-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/fileutils-desc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <para>Last checked against version &fileutils-contversion;.</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>chgrp</title>
 <para>chgrp changes the group ownership of each given file to the named group, 
diff --git a/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml b/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml
index c74dcb11d..c0aee32fa 100644
--- a/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/findutils-desc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <para>Last checked against version &findutils-contversion;.</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>bigram</title>
 <para>bigram is used together with code to produce older-style locate 
diff --git a/appendixa/gawk-desc.xml b/appendixa/gawk-desc.xml
index a49055726..ae4b89857 100644
--- a/appendixa/gawk-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/gawk-desc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <para>Last checked against version &gawk-contversion;.</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>awk</title>
 <para>awk is a symbolic link to gawk.</para></sect4>
diff --git a/appendixa/gcc-desc.xml b/appendixa/gcc-desc.xml
index 3193fd7a2..f845907cf 100644
--- a/appendixa/gcc-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/gcc-desc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <para>Last checked against version &gcc-contversion;.</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>cc, cc1, cc1plus, gcc</title>
 <para>These are the C compiler. A compiler translates source code in
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ code through optimization.</para></sect4>
 
 </sect3>
 
-<sect3><title>Library files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>libgcc, libgcc_eh, libgcc_s</title>
 <para>Run-time support files for gcc.</para></sect4>
diff --git a/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml b/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml
index f88666068..99af8d3a5 100644
--- a/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 <para>Last checked against version &glibc-contversion;.</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>catchsegv</title>
 <para>catchsegv can be used to create a stack trace when a program
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function.</para></sect4>
 
 </sect3>
 
-<sect3><title>Library files descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>ld.so</title>
 <para>ld.so is the helper program for shared library 
diff --git a/appendixa/grep-dep.xml b/appendixa/grep-dep.xml
index 4b3e06bfc..46d5a9d4c 100644
--- a/appendixa/grep-dep.xml
+++ b/appendixa/grep-dep.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
 <sect2>
 <title>Grep Installation Dependencies</title>
 
diff --git a/appendixa/grep-desc.xml b/appendixa/grep-desc.xml
index aad3c090a..fb27e9314 100644
--- a/appendixa/grep-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/grep-desc.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-<sect2><title>Contents of Grep</title>
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
 
 <para>Last checked against version &grep-contversion;.</para>
 
-<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
-<para>egrep (link to grep), fgrep (link to grep) and grep</para></sect3>
-
-<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
+<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
 
 <sect4><title>egrep</title>
 <para>egrep prints lines from files matching an extended regular expression
diff --git a/appendixa/grep-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/grep-shortdesc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f1660be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appendixa/grep-shortdesc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<sect2><title>Contents of Grep</title>
+
+<para>Last checked against version &grep-contversion;.</para>
+
+<para>Grep is a program used to print lines from a file matching a
+specified pattern.</para>
+
+<para>Grep installs the following:</para>
+
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
+<para>egrep (link to grep), fgrep (link to grep) and grep</para></sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+
diff --git a/appendixa/grep.xml b/appendixa/grep.xml
index ce3a0f99f..25865d7b7 100644
--- a/appendixa/grep.xml
+++ b/appendixa/grep.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="grep.html" dir="appendixa"?>
 
 &aa-grep-down;
+&aa-grep-shortdesc;
 &aa-grep-desc;
 &aa-grep-dep;