diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index 0ee96e0ff..11ddef4f3 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ fixes this behavior for Intel architectures:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-&coreutils-version;-uname-2.patch</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will later be
-installed by other packages:</para>
+<para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be installed by
+other packages later:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i \
     ../coreutils-&coreutils-version;-suppress_uptime_kill_su-1.patch</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
index 266612547..560a0af9f 100644
--- a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
 <term><parameter>--with-root-prefix=""</parameter></term>
 <listitem><para>Certain programs (such as the <command>e2fsck</command> program)
 are considered essential programs.  When, for example, <filename
-class="directory">/usr</filename> is not mounted, these essential programs need
+class="directory">/usr</filename> is not mounted, these programs still need
 to be available. They belong in directories like <filename
 class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename
 class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option is not passed to E2fsprogs'
diff --git a/chapter06/man.xml b/chapter06/man.xml
index 526c751c4..57cf3e6a2 100644
--- a/chapter06/man.xml
+++ b/chapter06/man.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ terminals that do not support SGR.</para></note>
 
 <para>If the character set of the locale uses 8-bit characters, search for the
 line beginning with <quote>NROFF</quote> in <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename>,
-and verify that it looks as follows:</para>
+and verify that it matches the following:</para>
 
 <screen>NROFF  /usr/bin/nroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc</screen>