diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 5ee541cbb..3e00d1b84 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>December 17th, 2002 [timothy]: Chapter 5 &amp; 6: Modified
+paragraphs about unpacking patches since they are no longer
+compressed.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>December 15th, 2002 [timothy]: Updated to autoconf-2.57,
 automake-1.7.2, binutils-2.13.1, e2fsprogs-1.32, gcc-3.2.1, libtool-1.4.3,
 linux-2.4.20, modutils-2.4.22, procps-3.1.3, sed-4.0.4, texinfo-4.3,
diff --git a/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml
index 6fd3b61a2..686247115 100644
--- a/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <title>Installing Findutils</title>
 
 <para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
-install it. Make sure it's unpacked before running the installation 
-commands.</para>
+install it.</para>
 
 <para>Install Findutils by running the following commands:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml b/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml
index 8a91bcb88..c3ac26d37 100644
--- a/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <title>Installation of GCC</title>
 
 <para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
-install it. Make sure it's unpacked before running the installation
-commands.</para>
+install it.</para>
 
 <para>We won't be needing a C++ compiler until Chapter 6. So, only
 the gcc-core tarball needs to be unpacked at this time.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/ed-inst.xml b/chapter06/ed-inst.xml
index 4ffb7407f..cc992bd8c 100644
--- a/chapter06/ed-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ed-inst.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <title>Installation of Ed</title>
 
 <para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
-install it. Make sure it's unpacked before running the installation 
-commands.</para>
+install it.</para>
 
 <para>Ed isn't something you would personally use. It's installed here
 because it can be used by the patch program if you encounter an ed-based patch
diff --git a/chapter06/findutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/findutils-inst.xml
index 6960b15e4..b58e9e8ff 100644
--- a/chapter06/findutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/findutils-inst.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <title>Installing Findutils</title>
 
 <para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
-install it. Make sure it's unpacked before running the installation 
-commands.</para>
+install it.</para>
 
 <para>Install Findutils by running the following commands:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/gawk-inst.xml b/chapter06/gawk-inst.xml
index 29c1b421f..ceaedc8ef 100644
--- a/chapter06/gawk-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gawk-inst.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <title>Installation of Gawk</title>
 
 <para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
-install it. Make sure it's unpacked before running the installation 
-commands.</para>
+install it.</para>
 
 <para>Warning: do NOT run <userinput>make uninstall</userinput> on this
 package if you apply the patch to change the
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
index 8cc8799b5..a7a757c87 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <title>Installation of Glibc</title>
 
 <para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
-install it. Make sure it's unpacked before running the installation 
-commands.</para>
+install it.</para>
 
 <para>Before starting to install glibc, you must cd into the
 glibc-&glibc-version; directory and unpack glibc-linuxthreads inside
diff --git a/chapter06/procps-inst.xml b/chapter06/procps-inst.xml
index b3b749f97..a487f79d9 100644
--- a/chapter06/procps-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/procps-inst.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <title>Installation of Procps</title>
 
 <para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
-install it. Make sure it's unpacked before running the installation
-commands.</para>
+install it.</para>
 
 <para>Install Procps by running the following commands:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/shellutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/shellutils-inst.xml
index e883b75ac..741911f09 100644
--- a/chapter06/shellutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/shellutils-inst.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <title>Installation of Sh-utils</title>
 
 <para>This package requires its hostname-patch to be applied before you
-can install it. Make sure it's unpacked before running the installation
-commands.</para>
+can install it.</para>
 
 <para>Install Sh-utils by running the following commands:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
index 400d8446c..0e8ad5590 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 <title>Installation of Vim</title>
 
 <para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
-install it. Make sure it's unpacked before running the installation 
-commands.</para>
+install it.</para>
 
 <para>If you not wish to install Vim, build instructions for
 alternative editors are available at