diff --git a/chapter05/introduction.xml b/chapter05/introduction.xml
index 4438bd7a6..404ca5c87 100644
--- a/chapter05/introduction.xml
+++ b/chapter05/introduction.xml
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ host production directories. Since the packages compiled here are
temporary, we do not want them to pollute the soon-to-be LFS
system.
-Before issuing the build instructions for a package, the package
+Before issuing the build instructions for a package, the package
should be unpacked as user lfs, and a
cd into the created directory should be performed. The build
-instructions assume that the bash shell is in use.
+instructions assume that the bash shell is in use.
Several of the packages are patched before compilation, but only
when the patch is needed to circumvent a problem. A patch is often
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index fb91f607d..6dddcb779 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-
-
+
+