diff --git a/chapter08/texinfo.xml b/chapter08/texinfo.xml
index 99d292930..0069fca85 100644
--- a/chapter08/texinfo.xml
+++ b/chapter08/texinfo.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
     <title>Installation of Texinfo</title>
 
     <!-- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git/commit/?id=f4ac5b857cf5 -->
-    <para>Fix a bizzare code pattern that Perl-5.42 or later would
-    warn:</para>
+    <para>Fix a code pattern that causes Perl-5.42 or later to display a warning:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed 's/! $output_file eq/$output_file ne/' -i tp/Texinfo/Convert/*.pm</userinput></screen>