diff --git a/chapter06/bison-inst.xml b/chapter06/bison-inst.xml
index 4dd09ae20..5d9e04b98 100644
--- a/chapter06/bison-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bison-inst.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ make install</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>Some programs don't know about bison and try to find the yacc program
 (bison is a (better) alternative for yacc). So to please those few
-programs out there we'll create a yacc script that calls bison and have
-it emulate yacc's output file name conventions.</para>
+programs out there we'll create a bash script called yacc that calls bison
+and have it emulate yacc's output file name conventions.</para>
 
 <para>Create a new file <filename>/usr/bin/yacc</filename> by running the
 following:</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/flex-inst.xml b/chapter06/flex-inst.xml
index d31f9544c..f2a361d6e 100644
--- a/chapter06/flex-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/flex-inst.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ make install</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>Some programs don't know about flex and try to find the lex program
 (flex is a (better) alternative for lex). So to please those few
-programs out there we'll create a lex script that calls flex and have
-it emulate lex.</para>
+programs out there we'll create a bash script called lex that calls flex
+and have it emulate lex.</para>
 
 <para>Create a new file <filename>/usr/bin/lex</filename> by running the
 following:</para>