diff --git a/chapter03/introduction.xml b/chapter03/introduction.xml
index 9b05ce7ff..c7451f055 100644
--- a/chapter03/introduction.xml
+++ b/chapter03/introduction.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
   location has changed since this book was published, Google (<ulink
   url="http://www.google.com/"/>) provides a useful search engine for
   most packages. If this search is unsuccessful, try one of the
-  alternative means of downloading discussed at <ulink
-  url="&lfs-root;lfs/packages.html#packages"/>. </para>
+  alternative means of downloading at <ulink
+  url="&lfs-root;lfs/mirrors.html#files"/>. </para>
 
   <para>Downloaded packages and patches will need to be stored somewhere
   that is conveniently available throughout the entire build. A working
diff --git a/chapter08/bzip2.xml b/chapter08/bzip2.xml
index 1af65eb11..4418989da 100644
--- a/chapter08/bzip2.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bzip2.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ for i in /usr/bin/{bzcat,bunzip2}; do
   ln -sfv bzip2 $i
 done</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Remove an useless static library:</para>
+    <para>Remove a useless static library:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/libbz2.a</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/libtool.xml b/chapter08/libtool.xml
index 2b4698a8e..e50d419a0 100644
--- a/chapter08/libtool.xml
+++ b/chapter08/libtool.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <!-- dev: - -disable-static works but causes additional test failures
               so we manually remove the static library -->
 
-    <para>Remove an useless static library:</para>
+    <para>Remove a useless static library:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/libltdl.a</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/zlib.xml b/chapter08/zlib.xml
index 0fafd94cf..a90c7c416 100644
--- a/chapter08/zlib.xml
+++ b/chapter08/zlib.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Remove an useless static library:</para>
+    <para>Remove a useless static library:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/libz.a</userinput></screen>