diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index b0906ae39..a1faf3fb0 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
     appropriate for the entry or if needed the entire day's listitem.
     -->
 
+    <listitem>
+      <para>2025-02-24</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-6.12.  Fixes
+          <ulink url='&lfs-ticket-root;5658'>#5658</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>2025-02-19</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter08/bison.xml b/chapter08/bison.xml
index f466c76eb..a680a7b7e 100644
--- a/chapter08/bison.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bison.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>To test the results (about 5.5 SBU), issue:</para>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/flex.xml b/chapter08/flex.xml
index ff90f0a1a..7e44e38e9 100644
--- a/chapter08/flex.xml
+++ b/chapter08/flex.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>To test the results (about 0.5 SBU), issue:</para>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/gettext.xml b/chapter08/gettext.xml
index c0829253a..b0b4c89e9 100644
--- a/chapter08/gettext.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gettext.xml
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@
 
     </variablelist>
 -->
-    <para>To test the results (this takes a long time, around 3 SBUs),
-    issue:</para>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/inetutils.xml b/chapter08/inetutils.xml
index 693c08405..5b4f32b78 100644
--- a/chapter08/inetutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/inetutils.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
 
-    <para>First, make the package build with gcc-14.1 or later::</para>
+    <para>First, make the package build with gcc-14.1 or later:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/def HAVE_TERMCAP_TGETENT/ 1/' telnet/telnet.c</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/libtool.xml b/chapter08/libtool.xml
index 20eff055b..80598777c 100644
--- a/chapter08/libtool.xml
+++ b/chapter08/libtool.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>To test the results<!--(about 11.0 SBU)-->, issue:</para>
+<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/perl.xml b/chapter08/perl.xml
index 0d2937e05..b678f7f9d 100644
--- a/chapter08/perl.xml
+++ b/chapter08/perl.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export BUILD_BZIP2=0</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>To test the results (approximately 11 SBU), issue:</para>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">TEST_JOBS=$(nproc) make test_harness</userinput></screen>
 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index d8452251c..77195441c 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -497,10 +497,10 @@
 <!ENTITY man-db-fin-du "44 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-db-fin-sbu "0.3 SBU">
 
-<!ENTITY man-pages-version "6.11">
-<!ENTITY man-pages-size "1,837 KB">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-version "6.12">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-size "1,838 KB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-url "&kernel;linux/docs/man-pages/man-pages-&man-pages-version;.tar.xz">
-<!ENTITY man-pages-md5 "f38a68fcd6cd0faf8a17956b16e8aa60">
+<!ENTITY man-pages-md5 "44de430a598605eaba3e36dd43f24298">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-home "https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-fin-du "52 MB">
 <!ENTITY man-pages-fin-sbu "0.1 SBU">