diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index b166d4c63..8ea10f912 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv nobody . </userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Now run the tests. Make sure the PATH in the <userinput>su</userinput>
-    environment includes /tools/bin.</para>
+    environment includes /tools/bin. Note that one test (nohup.sh) will fail if the
+    tests are not run from a normal terminal and one test (p-acl.sh) will indicate
+    an error if the lfs partition is not mounted with the acl option.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">su nobody -s /bin/bash \
           -c "PATH=$PATH make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>