diff --git a/chapter08/tcl.xml b/chapter08/tcl.xml
index cb13e3224..d1315603f 100644
--- a/chapter08/tcl.xml
+++ b/chapter08/tcl.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
     <para>The <application>Tcl</application> package contains the Tool Command Language,
     a robust general-purpose scripting language. The <application>Expect</application> package
-    is written in the <application>Tcl</application> language.</para>
+    is written in <application>Tcl</application> (pronounced "tickle").</para>
 
     <segmentedlist>
       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <title>Installation of Tcl</title>
 
     <para>This package and the next two (Expect and DejaGNU) are
-    installed to support running the test suites for binutils and GCC and other
+    installed to support running the test suites for Binutils, GCC and other
     packages.  Installing three packages for testing purposes may seem
     excessive, but it is very reassuring, if not essential, to know that the
     most important tools are working properly.</para>
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ sed -e "s|$SRCDIR/unix/pkgs/itcl&itcl-ver;|/usr/lib/itcl&itcl-ver;|" \
 unset SRCDIR</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>The various <quote>sed</quote> instructions after the
-    <quote>make</quote> command removes references to the build directory from
-    the configuration files and replaces them with the install directory.
-    This is not mandatory for the remainder of LFS, but may be needed in case a
+    <quote>make</quote> command remove references to the build directory from
+    the configuration files and replace them with the install directory.
+    This is not mandatory for the remainder of LFS, but may be needed if a
     package built later uses Tcl.</para>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>