diff --git a/chapter08/binutils.xml b/chapter08/binutils.xml
index 907a1e7c6..88e8ab312 100644
--- a/chapter08/binutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/binutils.xml
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@
 <screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys.
 Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
 
-    <para>Upstream has made a patch to fix a problem when building with
-    Link Time Optimization (LTO).  Apply that now:</para>
+    <para>Upstream has made a patch to fix a problem when using binutils
+    for building some BLFS packages with Link Time Optimization (LTO)
+    enabled.  Apply that now:</para>
 
  <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-lto-patch;</userinput></screen>