diff --git a/chapter07/kernfs.xml b/chapter07/kernfs.xml
index 8746ea1e9..64db54c24 100644
--- a/chapter07/kernfs.xml
+++ b/chapter07/kernfs.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
       <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> directory, and allow the
       devices to be created dynamically on that virtual filesystem as they
       are detected or accessed. Device creation is generally done during the
-      boot process by Udev. Since this new system does not yet have Udev and
+      boot process by the kernel and Udev.
+      Since this new system does not yet have Udev and
       has not yet been booted, it is necessary to mount and populate
       <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> manually. This is
       accomplished by bind mounting the host system's