diff --git a/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml b/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml
index 503932016..170396a87 100644
--- a/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/glibc-desc.xml
@@ -117,19 +117,19 @@ libthread_db.so, libutil.[a,so] and libutil_p.a</para></sect3>
 <para>ld.so is the helper program for shared library 
 executables.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libBrokenLocale.[a,so], libBrokenLocale_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libBrokenLocale, libBrokenLocale_p</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libSegFault.so</title>
+<sect4><title>libSegFault</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libanl.[a,so], libanl_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libanl, libanl_p</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libbsd-compat.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libbsd-compat</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libc.[a,so], libc_nonshared.a, libc_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libc, libc_nonshared, libc_p</title>
 <para>These files constitute the main C library.  The C Library is a
 collection of commonly used functions in programs.
 This way a programmer doesn't need to create his own functions for every
@@ -147,53 +147,53 @@ documentation that comes with the C Library describes this in more
 detail, as it is too complicated to explain here in one or two
 lines.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libcrypt.[a,so], libcrypt_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libcrypt, libcrypt_p</title>
 <para>libcrypt is the cryptography library.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libdl.[a,so], libdl_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libdl, libdl_p</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libg.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libg</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libieee.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libieee</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libm.[a,so], libm_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libm, libm_p</title>
 <para>libm is the mathematical library.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libmcheck.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libmcheck</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libmemusage.so</title>
+<sect4><title>libmemusage</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libnsl.a, libnsl_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libnsl, libnsl_p</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libnss_compat.so, libnss_dns.so, libnss_files.so, 
-libnss_hesiod.so, libnss_nis.so, libnss_nisplus.so</title>
-<para> </para></sect4>
-
-<sect4><title>libpcprofile.so</title>
+<sect4><title>libnss_compat, libnss_dns, libnss_files, 
+libnss_hesiod, libnss_nis, libnss_nisplus</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libpthread.[a,so], libpthread_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libpcprofile</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libresolv.[a,so], libresolv_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libpthread, libpthread_p</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>librpcsvc.a, librpcsvc_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libresolv, libresolv_p</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>librt.[a,so], librt_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>librpcsvc, librpcsvc_p</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libthread_db.so</title>
+<sect4><title>librt, librt_p</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libutil.[a,so], libutil_p.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libthread_db</title>
+<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>libutil, libutil</title>
 <para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4>
 
 </sect3>
diff --git a/appendixa/ncurses-desc.xml b/appendixa/ncurses-desc.xml
index d91d57b65..abb28a3ef 100644
--- a/appendixa/ncurses-desc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/ncurses-desc.xml
@@ -63,20 +63,19 @@ libform_g.a, libmenu.[a,so], libmenu_g.a, libncurses++.a,
 libncurses.[a,so], libncurses_g.a, libpanel.[a,so] and
 libpanel_g.a</para>
 
-<sect4><title>libcurses.[a,so], libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so],
-libncurses_g.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libcurses, libncurses++, libncurses, libncurses_g</title>
 <para>The libraries that make up the Ncurses library are used to display
 text (often in a fancy way) on the screen. An example where ncurses is used
 is in the kernel's <quote>make menuconfig</quote> process.  The
 libncurses libraries are the base of the system.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libform.[a,so], libform_g.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libform, libform_g</title>
 <para>libform is used to implement forms in ncurses.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libmenu.[a,so], libmenu_g.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libmenu, libmenu_g</title>
 <para>libmenu is used to implement menus in ncurses.</para></sect4>
 
-<sect4><title>libpanel.[a,so], libpanel_g.a</title>
+<sect4><title>libpanel, libpanel_g</title>
 <para>libpanel is used to implement panels in ncurses.</para></sect4>
 
 </sect3>