diff --git a/chapter06/manpages-exp.xml b/chapter06/manpages-exp.xml
index 0f58fd37d..5af0c8e8d 100644
--- a/chapter06/manpages-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/manpages-exp.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 <title>Command explanations</title>
 
 <para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../man-pages-&man-pages-version;.patch</userinput>:
-We patch the man-pages package to include two important missing pages,
-that for <filename>ldd</filename>, and that for 
-<filename>ld.so</filename></para>
+We patch the man-pages package to include pages for
+<userinput>ldd</userinput> and <userinput>ld.so</userinput>.</para> 
 
 </sect2>