diff --git a/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml b/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
index d692308e7..4a4fec2f7 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
           <para>We are cross-compiling GCC, so it's impossible to build
           target libraries (<filename class="libraryfile">libgcc</filename>
           and <filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++</filename>) with the
-          previously compiled GCC binaries&mdash;those binaries won't run on the
-          host.  The GCC build system will attempt to use the host's
+          GCC binaries compiled in this pass&mdash;those binaries won't run
+          on the host.  The GCC build system will attempt to use the host's
           C and C++ compilers as a workaround by default.
           Building the GCC target libraries with a different
           version of GCC is not supported, so using the host's compilers may cause
diff --git a/chapter09/symlinks.xml b/chapter09/symlinks.xml
index 71e35f231..dd79b9ffd 100644
--- a/chapter09/symlinks.xml
+++ b/chapter09/symlinks.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
       <filename>/usr/lib/udev/network/99-default.link</filename>:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>sed -e '/^AlternativeNamesPolicy/s/=.*$/=/'  \
-    -i /usr/lib/udev/network/99-default.link \
+       /usr/lib/udev/network/99-default.link \
      > /etc/udev/network/99-default.link</userinput></screen>
     </sect3>