diff --git a/chapter08/gawk.xml b/chapter08/gawk.xml
index b0e7cc43c..192cc9f32 100644
--- a/chapter08/gawk.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gawk.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make LN='ln -f' install</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
-      <title>The meaning of the make environment variable:</title>
+      <title>The meaning of the overridden make variable:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><envar>LN='ln -f'</envar></term>