diff --git a/chapter08/readline.xml b/chapter08/readline.xml
index 51784d2f7..ea073308d 100644
--- a/chapter08/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter08/readline.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <sect2 role="package">
     <title/>
 
-    <para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line
+    <para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offer command-line
     editing and history capabilities.</para>
 
     <segmentedlist>
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install</userinput></screen>
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version;</userinput></screen>
 
      <variablelist>
-      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
+      <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title>
 
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--with-curses</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>This option tells Readline that it can find the termcap
-          library functions in the curses library, rather than a separate
-          termcap library. It allows generating a correct
+          library functions in the curses library, not a separate
+          termcap library. This will generate the correct
           <filename>readline.pc</filename> file.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>