diff --git a/chapter08/libelf.xml b/chapter08/libelf.xml
index bde918890..c0c7c5f3a 100644
--- a/chapter08/libelf.xml
+++ b/chapter08/libelf.xml
@@ -50,16 +50,18 @@
             --disable-debuginfod \
             --enable-libdebuginfod=dummy</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Compile the package:</para>
+    <para>Compile only Libelf:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make -C lib
+make -C libelf</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make -k check</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Two tests are known to fail, dwarf_srclang_check and 
-    run-backtrace-native-core.sh.</para>
+    <para>The above command builds the utilities that are part of the package
+    as well as the unit tests. Two tests are known to fail: dwarf_srclang_check
+    and run-backtrace-native-core.sh.</para>
 
     <para>Install only Libelf:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/python.xml b/chapter08/python.xml
index 566f47862..de3817cf0 100644
--- a/chapter08/python.xml
+++ b/chapter08/python.xml
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ tar --strip-components=1  \
 
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>
-          2to3, idle3, pip3, pydoc3, python3, and python3-config
+          idle3, pip3, pydoc3, python3, and python3-config
         </seg>
         <seg>
           libpython&python-minor;.so and libpython3.so
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ tar --strip-components=1  \
       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
-
+      <!--
       <varlistentry id="python-2to3">
         <term><command>2to3</command></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ tar --strip-components=1  \
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
-
+      -->
       <varlistentry id="idle3">
         <term><command>idle3</command></term>
         <listitem>