diff --git a/chapter08/bash.xml b/chapter08/bash.xml
index 99ee2e3f4..7381c9e87 100644
--- a/chapter08/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bash.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Now, run the tests as the <systemitem
+    <para>The testsuite of the package is designed to be ran as a non-root
+    user, owning the terminal connected to standard input.  To satisify the
+    requirement, spawn a new pseudoterminal using
+    <application>Expect</application> and run the tests as the <systemitem
     class="username">tester</systemitem> user:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">su -s /usr/bin/expect tester &lt;&lt; EOF