diff --git a/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml b/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
index c5d5870e8..d02ff5457 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ mv -v gmp-&gmp-version; gmp
 tar -xf ../mpc-&mpc-version;.tar.gz
 mv -v mpc-&mpc-version; mpc</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>If building on x86_64, change the default directory name for 64-bit
-    libraries to <quote>lib</quote>:</para>
+    <para>If you are building on x86_64, change the default directory name for
+    64-bit libraries to <quote>lib</quote>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">case $(uname -m) in
   x86_64)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ mv -v mpc-&mpc-version; mpc</userinput></screen>
   ;;
 esac</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Override the building rule of libgcc and libstdc++ headers, to
+    <para>Override the build rules of the libgcc and libstdc++ headers to
     allow building these libraries with POSIX threads support:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '/thread_header =/s/@.*@/gthr-posix.h/' \
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
           <para>Normally, using <parameter>--host</parameter> ensures that
           a cross-compiler is used for building GCC, and that compiler knows
           that it has to look for headers and libraries in <filename
-          class="directory">$LFS</filename>. But the build system for GCC uses
-          other tools, which are not aware of this location. This switch is
-          needed so those tools will find the needed files in <filename
-          class="directory">$LFS</filename>, and not on the host.</para>
+          class="directory">$LFS</filename>. However, the build system for GCC
+          uses additional tools which are not aware of this location. This
+          switch is needed so those tools will find the needed files in
+          <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename>, and not on the host.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>