diff --git a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
index 0d765085b..852d1a07f 100644
--- a/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
+++ b/chapter02/hostreqs.xml
@@ -300,10 +300,10 @@ bash version-check.sh</userinput></screen>
     </para>
 
     <para arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">
-      If the kernel feature required by a multilib is not enabled,
-      building the multilib for a package in Chapter 8 may either fail
-      immediately, or cause hidden breakages because autoconf cannot
-      probe the system features properly.
+      If the kernel feature required for a multilib architecture is not
+      enabled, building the multilib architecture for a package in
+      Chapter 8 may either fail immediately, or cause hidden breakages
+      because autoconf cannot probe the system features properly.
     </para>
     
   </sect2>
diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
index e72f29eb1..cbd3456b4 100644
--- a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">
         <term><parameter>--enable-multilib --with-multilib-list=...</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>LFS canbe used to support multilib. Which they are is
+          <para>LFS can be used to support multilib. Which they are is
           specified in the multilib list.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/prologue/multilib.xml b/prologue/multilib.xml
index b4bf7975d..8006ca7f8 100644
--- a/prologue/multilib.xml
+++ b/prologue/multilib.xml
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
       approach of LFS which is to show you how to build a Linux system. 
       To achieve this, no support for additional architectures than 
       the default one for your system is required. If you haven't 
-      previously built by the standard LFS book, you are encouraged to 
-      do so before using this edition.</para>
+      previously built a system using the standard LFS book, you are
+      encouraged to do so before using this edition.</para>
 
   </sect2>
 
@@ -75,11 +75,12 @@
 
     <para>Building a multilib system is not that much different from 
       building a system by using the 'native' LFS book. Beside some 
-      tweaks here and there the most prominent difference is that 
-      multilib requires compiling some applications up to three times:
+      tweaks here and there the most prominent difference is that a
+      multilib system requires compiling some applications up to three
+      times:
       one for the primary 64-bit architecture,
       one for the 32-bit architecture (m32),
-      and once again for the 32-bit architecture with is 32-bit memory 
+      and once again for the 32-bit architecture with its 32-bit memory 
       access and 64 bit instruction set (mx32).</para>
 
     <para>Continue only if you and your system meets the following 
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@
             you will need to have
             <parameter>CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION=y</parameter>
             set in order to build for <parameter>m32</parameter> and
-            <parameter>CONFIG_X86_X32=y</parameter> set in order to
+            <parameter>CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI=y</parameter> set in order to
             build for <parameter>mx32</parameter>. 
           </para>
           <para>