diff --git a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
index f8344fef5..8dbb3b0c7 100644
--- a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>. The FHS is not precise as to the
 structure of the <filename class="directory">/usr/local/share</filename>
 subdirectory, so we create only the directories that are needed. However, feel
 free to create these directories if you prefer to conform more strictly to the
-FHS standard.</para>
+FHS.</para>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/kernfs.xml b/chapter06/kernfs.xml
index 397033cdf..eb6bba52f 100644
--- a/chapter06/kernfs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/kernfs.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 <para>Various file systems exported by the kernel are used to communicate to and
 from the kernel itself. These file systems are virtual in that no disk space is
-used for them. The contents of the file systems resides in memory.</para>
+used for them. The content of the file systems resides in memory.</para>
 
 <para>Begin by creating directories onto which the file systems will be mounted:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
index cc7452d90..f104fce62 100644
--- a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
+++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml
@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ utmp:x:13:
 usb:x:14:</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>The created groups are not part of any standard&mdash;they are some of the
-groups that the Udev configuration will use in the next section. The Linux
-Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>)
-recommends only that, besides the group <quote>root</quote> with a Group ID
-(GID) of 0, a group <quote>bin</quote> with a GID of 1 be present. All other
-group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system administrator since
-well-written packages do not depend on GID numbers, but rather use the group's
-name.</para>
+<para>The created groups are not part of any standard&mdash;they are groups
+decided on in part by the requirements of the Udev configuration in the next
+section, and in part by common convention employed by a number of existing Linux
+distributions. The Linux Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink
+url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only that, besides the group
+<quote>root</quote> with a Group ID (GID) of 0, a group <quote>bin</quote> with
+a GID of 1 be present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by
+the system administrator since well-written programs do not depend on GID
+numbers, but rather use the group's name.</para>
 
 <para>To remove the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt, start a new
 shell. Since a full Glibc was installed in <xref