diff --git a/chapter06/pkgconfig.xml b/chapter06/pkgconfig.xml
index 4b35c67bb..344e5ac19 100644
--- a/chapter06/pkgconfig.xml
+++ b/chapter06/pkgconfig.xml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--with-internal-glib</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This will allow pkg-config to use it's internal version of
-          glib because an external version is not available in LFS.</para>
+          <para>This will allow pkg-config to use its internal version of
+          Glib because an external version is not available in LFS.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/tar.xml b/chapter06/tar.xml
index ddac76af7..602b7a1f6 100644
--- a/chapter06/tar.xml
+++ b/chapter06/tar.xml
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>This forces the test for <function>mknod</function> to be run
           as root.  It is generally considered dangerous to run this test as
-          the root user, but as it is being run on an only partially built
-          system, overriding it is OK.</para>
+          the root user, but as it is being run on a system that has only been
+          partially built, overriding it is OK.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>