diff --git a/chapter06/bzip2-exp.xml b/chapter06/bzip2-exp.xml
index 327455c97..871b31423 100644
--- a/chapter06/bzip2-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bzip2-exp.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <title>Command explanations</title>
 
 <para><userinput>make -f Makefile-libbz2_so:</userinput> This will cause bzip2
-to be build using a different Makefile file, in this case the
+to be built using a different Makefile file, in this case the
 Makefile-libbz2_so file which creates a dynamic libbz2.so library and
 links the bzip2 utilities against it.</para>