Index: chapter08/dbus.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter08/dbus.xml	(revision a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be)
+++ chapter08/dbus.xml	(revision 9e7475a6c30cbc40d2cf69118ea65d682189b091)
@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@
         <term><parameter>--with-console-auth-dir=/run/console</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This specifies the location of the ConsoleKit auth
+          <para>This specifies the location of the ConsoleKit authorization
           directory.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@
 ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so) /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Create a symlink, so that D-Bus and systemd can use the same
+    <para>Create a symlink so that D-Bus and systemd can use the same
     <filename>machine-id</filename> file:</para>
 
@@ -131,5 +131,5 @@
         <term><command>dbus-cleanup-sockets</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to clean up leftover sockets in a directory</para>
+          <para>is used to remove leftover sockets in a directory</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-cleanup-sockets">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-cleanup-sockets">dbus-cleanup-sockets</primary>
@@ -141,5 +141,5 @@
         <term><command>dbus-daemon</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>The D-Bus message bus daemon</para>
+          <para>Is the D-Bus message bus daemon</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-daemon">
             <primary sortas="b-dbus-daemon">dbus-daemon</primary>
@@ -194,5 +194,5 @@
         <term><command>dbus-test-tool</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>A tool to help packages test
+          <para>Is a tool to help packages test
           <application>D-Bus</application></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-dbus dbus-test-tool">
Index: chapter08/systemd.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter08/systemd.xml	(revision a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be)
+++ chapter08/systemd.xml	(revision 9e7475a6c30cbc40d2cf69118ea65d682189b091)
@@ -45,6 +45,5 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../systemd-&systemd-version;-gcc_10-fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
 
-
-    <para>Create a symlink to work around missing xsltproc:</para>
+    <para>Create a symlink to work around the xsltproc command not being installed:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">ln -sf /bin/true /usr/bin/xsltproc</userinput></screen>
@@ -97,20 +96,8 @@
       <title>The meaning of the meson options:</title>
 
-<!--
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>-Dc_args=-Wno-format-overflow</parameter></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>The defaults flags passed to gcc contain
-          <parameter>-Werror=format-overflow</parameter>, which generates
-	  an error with GCC 10. Passing this parameter prevents the error
-	  from occuring.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
--->
-
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>-D*-path=*</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>These switches provide location of binaries needed by
+          <para>These switches provide the location of binaries needed by
           systemd at runtime that have not yet been installed.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -155,5 +142,5 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>These switches ensure that core programs and
-          shared libraries are installed in the subdirectories
+          shared libraries are installed in subdirectories
           of the root partition.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -201,9 +188,5 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ninja</userinput></screen>
-<!--
-    <para>To test the package, execute the following command:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="test">LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ninja test</userinput></screen>
--->
+
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
@@ -233,14 +216,6 @@
     some problems with packages and units in BLFS:</para>
     
-
 <screen><userinput remap="adjust">rm -f /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-pid-max.conf</userinput></screen>
 
-    <!--
-    <para>Prevent systemd from creating <filename>/run/nologin</filename>
-    to allow unprivileged user logins without
-    <application>systemd-logind</application>:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="adjust">rm -f /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd-nologin.conf</userinput></screen>
-    -->
   </sect2>
 
@@ -291,5 +266,5 @@
         <term><command>bootctl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to query the firmware and boot manager settings</para>
+          <para>Is used to query the firmware and boot manager settings</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd bootctl">
             <primary sortas="b-bootctl">bootctl</primary>
@@ -301,5 +276,5 @@
         <term><command>busctl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to introspect and monitor the D-Bus bus</para>
+          <para>Is used to introspect and monitor the D-Bus bus</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd busctl">
             <primary sortas="b-busctl">busctl</primary>
@@ -311,5 +286,5 @@
         <term><command>coredumpctl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to retrieve coredumps from the systemd journal</para>
+          <para>Is used to retrieve coredumps from the systemd journal</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd coredumpctl">
             <primary sortas="b-coredumpctl">coredumpctl</primary>
@@ -335,5 +310,5 @@
         <term><command>hostnamectl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to query and change the system hostname and related
+          <para>Is used to query and change the system hostname and related
           settings</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd hostnamectl">
@@ -346,7 +321,8 @@
         <term><command>init</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>The first process to be started when the kernel has initialized
+          <para>Is the first process to be started when the kernel has initialized
           the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all 
-          processes according to its configuration files</para>
+          processes according to its configuration files. In this case, it starts
+          systemd.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd init">
             <primary sortas="b-init">init</primary>
@@ -358,5 +334,5 @@
         <term><command>journalctl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to query the contents of the systemd journal</para>
+          <para>Is used to query the contents of the systemd journal</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd journalctl">
             <primary sortas="b-journalctl">journalctl</primary>
@@ -368,6 +344,6 @@
         <term><command>kernel-install</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to add and remove kernel and initramfs images to and
-          from /boot</para>
+          <para>Is used to add and remove kernel and initramfs images to and
+          from /boot. In LFS, this is done manually.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd kernel-install">
             <primary sortas="b-kernel-install">kernel-install</primary>
@@ -379,5 +355,5 @@
         <term><command>localectl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
+          <para>Is used to query and change the system locale and keyboard layout
           settings</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd localectl">
@@ -390,5 +366,5 @@
         <term><command>loginctl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Login
+          <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Login
           Manager</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd loginctl">
@@ -401,5 +377,5 @@
         <term><command>machinectl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Virtual
+          <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd Virtual
           Machine and Container Registration Manager</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd machinectl">
@@ -412,6 +388,6 @@
         <term><command>networkctl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to introspect the state of the network links as seen by
-          systemd-networkd</para>
+          <para>Is used to introspect and configure the state of the network 
+          links configured by systemd-networkd</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd networkctl">
             <primary sortas="b-networkctl">networkctl</primary>
@@ -423,5 +399,5 @@
         <term><command>portablectl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to attach or detach portable services from the local
+          <para>Is used to attach or detach portable services from the local
           system</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd portablectl">
@@ -434,5 +410,5 @@
         <term><command>poweroff</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Tells the kernel to halt the system and switch off the computer
+          <para>Instructs the kernel to halt the system and switch off the computer
           (see <command>halt</command>)</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd poweroff">
@@ -445,5 +421,5 @@
         <term><command>reboot</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Tells the kernel to reboot the system (see
+          <para>Instructs the kernel to reboot the system (see
           <command>halt</command>)</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd reboot">
@@ -456,5 +432,5 @@
         <term><command>resolvconf</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Register DNS server and domain configuration with
+          <para>Registers DNS server and domain configuration with
           <command>systemd-resolved</command></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd resolvconf">
@@ -467,6 +443,6 @@
         <term><command>resolvectl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Send control commands to the network name resolution
-          manager, or resolve domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses,
+          <para>Sends control commands to the network name resolution
+          manager, or resolves domain names, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses,
           DNS records, and services.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd resolvectl">
@@ -479,5 +455,5 @@
         <term><command>runlevel</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Reports the previous and the current run-level, as noted in the
+          <para>Outputs the previous and the current run-level, as noted in the
           last run-level record in <filename>/var/run/utmp</filename></para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd runlevel">
@@ -490,6 +466,6 @@
         <term><command>shutdown</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Brings the system down in a secure way, signaling all processes
-          and notifying all logged-in users</para>
+          <para>Brings the system down in a safe and secure manner, signaling 
+          all processes and notifying all logged-in users</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd shutdown">
             <primary sortas="b-shutdown">shutdown</primary>
@@ -501,5 +477,5 @@
         <term><command>systemctl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to introspect and control the state of the systemd system
+          <para>Is used to introspect and control the state of the systemd system
           and service manager</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemctl">
@@ -512,6 +488,6 @@
         <term><command>systemd-analyze</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to determine system boot-up performance of the current
-          boot</para>
+          <para>Is used to determine system startup performance of the current
+          boot, as well as identify troublesome systemd units</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-analyze">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-analyze">systemd-analyze</primary>
@@ -523,5 +499,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-ask-password</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to query a system password or passphrase from the user,
+          <para>Is used to query a system password or passphrase from the user,
           using a question message specified on the command line</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-ask-password">
@@ -534,5 +510,6 @@
         <term><command>systemd-cat</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to connect STDOUT and STDERR of a process with the Journal
+          <para>Is used to connect the STDOUT and STDERR outputs of a process
+          with the systemd journal.
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-cat">
@@ -567,5 +544,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-delta</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to identify and compare configuration files in
+          <para>Is used to identify and compare configuration files in
           <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> that override default
           counterparts in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename></para>
@@ -579,5 +556,6 @@
         <term><command>systemd-detect-virt</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Detects execution in a virtualized environment</para>
+          <para>Detects whether the system is being run in a virtual
+          environment, and adjusts udev accordingly.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-detect-virt">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-detect-virt">systemd-detect-virt</primary>
@@ -589,5 +567,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-escape</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to escape strings for inclusion in systemd unit
+          <para>Is used to escape strings for inclusion in systemd unit
           names</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-escape">
@@ -600,5 +578,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-hwdb</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to manage hardware database (hwdb)</para>
+          <para>Is used to manage the hardware database (hwdb)</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-hwdb">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-hwdb">systemd-hwdb</primary>
@@ -610,5 +588,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-id128</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Generate and print id128 strings</para>
+          <para>Generates and prints id128 strings</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-id128">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-id128">systemd-id128</primary>
@@ -620,6 +598,7 @@
         <term><command>systemd-inhibit</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to execute a program with a shutdown, sleep or idle
-          inhibitor lock taken</para>
+          <para>Is used to execute a program with a shutdown, sleep or idle
+          inhibitor lock taken, preventing an action such as a system shutdown
+          until the process is completed.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-inhibit">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-inhibit">systemd-inhibit</primary>
@@ -631,5 +610,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-machine-id-setup</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used by system installer tools to initialize the machine ID
+          <para>Is used by system installer tools to initialize the machine ID
           stored in <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> at install time with a
           randomly generated ID</para>
@@ -643,5 +622,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-mount</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>A tool to temporarily mount or auto-mount a drive.</para>
+          <para>Is used to temporarily mount or automount disks.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-mount">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-mount">systemd-mount</primary>
@@ -653,5 +632,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-notify</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used by daemon scripts to notify the init system about status
+          <para>Is used by daemon scripts to notify the init system about status
           changes</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-notify">
@@ -664,5 +643,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-nspawn</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to run a command or OS in a light-weight namespace
+          <para>Is used to run a command or OS in a light-weight namespace
           container</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-nspawn">
@@ -675,5 +654,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-path</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to query system and user paths</para>
+          <para>Is used to query system and user paths</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-path">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-path">systemd-path</primary>
@@ -685,5 +664,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-repart</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used go grow and add partitions to a partition table when
+          <para>Is used to grow and add partitions to a partition table when
           systemd is used in an OS image (e.g. a container).</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-repart">
@@ -696,5 +675,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-resolve</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to resolve domain names, IPV4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS
+          <para>Is used to resolve domain names, IPV4 and IPv6 addresses, DNS
           resource records, and services</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-resolve">
@@ -707,6 +686,7 @@
         <term><command>systemd-run</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to create and start a transient .service or a .scope unit
-          and run the specified command in it</para>
+          <para>Is used to create and start a transient .service or a .scope
+          unit and run the specified command in it. This is useful for
+          validating systemd units.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-run">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-run">systemd-run</primary>
@@ -715,19 +695,9 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <!-- <varlistentry id="systemd-stdio-bridge">
-        <term><command>systemd-stdio-bridge</command></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>To be completed</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-stdio-bridge">
-            <primary sortas="b-systemd-stdio-bridge">systemd-stdio-bridge</primary>
-          </indexterm>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry> -->
-
       <varlistentry id="systemd-socket-activate">
         <term><command>systemd-socket-activate</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>A tool to listen on socket devices and launch a process upon
-          connection.</para>
+          <para>Is used to listen on socket devices and launch a process upon
+          a successful connection to the socket.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-socket-activate">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-socket-activate">systemd-socket-activate</primary>
@@ -752,5 +722,5 @@
         <term><command>systemd-umount</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Unmount mount points</para>
+          <para>Unmounts mount points</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-umount">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-umount">systemd-umount</primary>
@@ -762,5 +732,6 @@
         <term><command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to list or process pending systemd password requests</para>
+          <para>Is used to list and/or process pending systemd password 
+          requests</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">
             <primary sortas="b-systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</primary>
@@ -783,5 +754,5 @@
         <term><command>timedatectl</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Used to query and change the system clock and its settings
+          <para>Is used to query and change the system clock and its settings
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd timedatectl">
@@ -794,8 +765,8 @@
         <term><command>udevadm</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Generic udev administration tool: controls the udevd daemon,
-          provides info from the Udev database, monitors uevents, waits for
-          uevents to finish, tests udev configuration, and triggers uevents
-          for a given device</para>
+          <para>Is a generic udev administration tool which controls the udevd 
+          daemon, provides info from the Udev hardware database, monitors 
+          uevents, waits for uevents to finish, tests udev configuration, and 
+          triggers uevents for a given device</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd udevadm">
             <primary sortas="b-udevadm">udevadm</primary>
@@ -807,5 +778,5 @@
         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libsystemd</filename></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>The main systemd utility library</para>
+          <para>Is the main systemd utility library</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd libsystemd">
             <primary sortas="c-libsystemd">libsystemd</primary>
@@ -817,5 +788,5 @@
         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libudev</filename></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>A library to access Udev device information</para>
+          <para>Is a library to access Udev device information</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-systemd libudev">
             <primary sortas="c-libudev">libudev</primary>
Index: chapter09/clock.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter09/clock.xml	(revision a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be)
+++ chapter09/clock.xml	(revision 9e7475a6c30cbc40d2cf69118ea65d682189b091)
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
   <para>This section discusses how to configure the
   <command>systemd-timedated</command> system service, which configures
-  system clock and timezone.</para>
+  the system clock and timezone.</para>
 
   <para>If you cannot remember whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC,
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
 
   <para><command>systemd-timedated</command> reads <filename>/etc/adjtime</filename>,
-  and depending on the contents of the file, it sets the clock to either UTC or
+  and depending on the contents of the file, sets the clock to either UTC or
   local time.</para>
 
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>timedatectl set-time YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS</userinput></screen>
 
-  <para>Hardware clock will also be updated accordingly.</para>
+  <para>The hardware clock will also be updated accordingly.</para>
 
   <para>To change your current time zone, issue:</para>
Index: chapter09/consoled.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter09/consoled.xml	(revision a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be)
+++ chapter09/consoled.xml	(revision 9e7475a6c30cbc40d2cf69118ea65d682189b091)
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
   language-specific HOWTOs can also help with this, see <ulink
   url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/other-lang.html"/>.
-  Examine <command>localectl list-keymaps</command> output for a list of
-  valid console keymaps. Look in
+  Examine the output of <command>localectl list-keymaps</command> for a list of
+  valid console keymaps. Look in the 
   <filename class="directory">/usr/share/consolefonts</filename>
   directory for valid screen fonts.</para>
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@
       <term>list-x11-keymap-models</term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Show known X11 keyboard mapping models.</para>
+        <para>Shows known X11 keyboard mapping models.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -114,5 +114,5 @@
       <term>list-x11-keymap-layouts</term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Show known X11 keyboard mapping layouts.</para>
+        <para>Shows known X11 keyboard mapping layouts.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -121,5 +121,5 @@
       <term>list-x11-keymap-variants</term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Show known X11 keyboard mapping variants.</para>
+        <para>Shows known X11 keyboard mapping variants.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@
       <term>list-x11-keymap-options</term>
       <listitem>
-        <para>Show known X11 keyboard mapping options.</para>
+        <para>Shows known X11 keyboard mapping options.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -135,5 +135,5 @@
 
   <note><para>Using any of the parameters listed above requires the
-  XKeyboard Config package from BLFS.</para></note>
+  XKeyboard-Config package from BLFS.</para></note>
 
 </sect1>
Index: chapter09/etcshells.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter09/etcshells.xml	(revision a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be)
+++ chapter09/etcshells.xml	(revision 9e7475a6c30cbc40d2cf69118ea65d682189b091)
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
   <para>For example, this file is consulted by <command>chsh</command>
   to determine whether an unprivileged user may change the login shell for her
-  own account. If the command name is not listed, the user will be denied of
-  change.</para>
+  own account. If the command name is not listed, the user will be denied the
+  ability to change shells.</para>
 
   <para>It is a requirement for applications such as
Index: chapter09/introductiond.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter09/introductiond.xml	(revision a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be)
+++ chapter09/introductiond.xml	(revision 9e7475a6c30cbc40d2cf69118ea65d682189b091)
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@
   </itemizedlist>
 
-  <para>Third, configuring the system clock and keyboard layout.</para>
+  <para>Third, configuring the system clock and keyboard layout is shown.</para>
 
   <itemizedlist>
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
   </itemizedlist>
 
-
   <para>Fourth, a brief introduction to the scripts and configuration
-  files used when the user logs into the system.</para>
+  files used when the user logs into the system is presented.</para>
 
   <itemizedlist>
@@ -63,5 +62,5 @@
   </itemizedlist>
 
-  <para>And finally, configuring the systemd behavior.</para>
+  <para>And finally, configuring the behavior of systemd is discussed.</para>
 
   <itemizedlist>
Index: chapter09/locale.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter09/locale.xml	(revision a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be)
+++ chapter09/locale.xml	(revision 9e7475a6c30cbc40d2cf69118ea65d682189b091)
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
   </indexterm>
 
-  <para>The <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> below sets some
+  <para>The <filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> file below sets some
   environment variables necessary for native language support. Setting
   them properly results in:</para>
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
   <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
-      <para>The output of programs translated into the native language</para>
+      <para>The output of programs being translated into your native language</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Correct classification of characters into letters, digits and other
+      <para>The correct classification of characters into letters, digits and other
       classes. This is necessary for <command>bash</command> to properly accept
       non-ASCII characters in command lines in non-English locales</para>
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Appropriate default paper size</para>
+      <para>The appropriate default paper size</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-      <para>Correct formatting of monetary, time, and date values</para>
+      <para>The correct formatting of monetary, time, and date values</para>
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;ll&gt;</replaceable> below with the two-letter code
-  for the desired language (e.g., <quote>en</quote>) and
+  for your desired language (e.g., <quote>en</quote>) and
   <replaceable>&lt;CC&gt;</replaceable> with the two-letter code for the appropriate
   country (e.g., <quote>GB</quote>). <replaceable>&lt;charmap&gt;</replaceable> should
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@
   Some applications cannot handle the various synonyms correctly (e.g., require
   that <quote>UTF-8</quote> is written as <quote>UTF-8</quote>, not
-  <quote>utf8</quote>), so it is safest in most
+  <quote>utf8</quote>), so it is the safest in most
   cases to choose the canonical name for a particular locale. To determine
   the canonical name, run the following command, where <replaceable>&lt;locale
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@
   before the telephone number in order to get into the country. If any of the
   commands above fail with a message similar to the one shown below, this means
-  that your locale was either not installed in Chapter&nbsp;6 or is not supported by
-  the default installation of Glibc.</para>
+  that your locale was either not installed in Chapter&nbsp;6 or is not 
+  supported by the default installation of Glibc.</para>
 
 <screen><computeroutput>locale: Cannot set LC_* to default locale: No such file or directory</computeroutput></screen>
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@
   Glibc.</para>
 
-  <!-- FIXME: the xlib example will became obsolete real soon -->
+  <!-- FIXME: the xlib example will become obsolete in the future.-->
   <para>Some packages beyond LFS may also lack support for your chosen locale. One
   example is the X library (part of the X Window System), which outputs the
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@
   mail with such characters from Mutt or Pine results in non-RFC-conforming
   messages being sent (the charset in the outgoing mail is indicated as <quote>unknown
-  8-bit</quote>). So you can use the <quote>C</quote> locale only if you are sure that
-  you will never need 8-bit characters.</para>
+  8-bit</quote>). It's suggested that you use the <quote>C</quote> locale only 
+  if you are certain that you will never need 8-bit characters.</para>
 
+<!--
   <para>UTF-8 based locales are not supported well by many programs.
   Work is in progress to document and, if possible, fix such problems, see
   <ulink url="&blfs-book;introduction/locale-issues.html"/>.</para>
+-->
 
 </sect1>
Index: chapter09/networkd.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter09/networkd.xml	(revision a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be)
+++ chapter09/networkd.xml	(revision 9e7475a6c30cbc40d2cf69118ea65d682189b091)
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@
       <para>
         Udev normally assigns network card interface names based
-        on system physical characteristics such as enp2s1. If you are
+        on physical system characteristics such as enp2s1. If you are
         not sure what your interface name is, you can always run
         <command>ip link</command> after you have booted your system.
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@
              Create a manual naming scheme, for example by naming the
              interfaces something like "internet0", "dmz0", or "lan0". 
-             For that, create .link
-             files in /etc/systemd/network/, that choose an explicit name or a
-             better naming scheme for one, some, or all of your interfaces. 
-             For example:
+             To do that, create .link files in /etc/systemd/network/ that 
+             select an explicit name or a better naming scheme for your
+             network interfaces. For example:
           </para>
 
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@
       <note><para>If using another means to configure your network
       interfaces (ex: ppp, network-manager, etc.), or if using any type of
-      local resolver (ex: bind, dnsmasq, etc.), or any other software that
-      generates an <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> (ex: resolvconf), the
-      <command>systemd-resolved</command> service should not be
+      local resolver (ex: bind, dnsmasq, unbound, etc.), or any other software 
+      that generates an <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> (ex: resolvconf),
+      the <command>systemd-resolved</command> service should not be
       used.</para></note>
 
@@ -207,9 +206,11 @@
       <para>Replace
       <replaceable>&lt;IP address of the nameserver&gt;</replaceable>
-      with the IP address of the DNS most appropriate for the setup. There will
-      often be more than one entry (requirements demand secondary servers for
-      fallback capability). If you only need or want one DNS server, remove the
-      second <emphasis>nameserver</emphasis> line from the file. The IP address
-      may also be a router on the local network.</para>
+      with the IP address of the DNS server most appropriate for your setup.
+      There will often be more than one entry (requirements demand secondary
+      servers for fallback capability). If you only need or want one DNS server,
+      remove the second <emphasis>nameserver</emphasis> line from the file. 
+      The IP address may also be a router on the local network. Another option
+      is to use the Google Public DNS service using the IP addresses below as
+      nameservers.</para>
 
       <note><para>The Google Public IPv4 DNS addresses are
@@ -263,5 +264,5 @@
 
      <para>Decide on a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN), and possible aliases
-     for use in the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file. If using static
+     for use in the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file. If using static IP
      addresses, you'll also need to decide on an IP address. The syntax
      for a hosts file entry is:</para>
@@ -286,9 +287,7 @@
 
      <para>Even if not using a network card, a valid FQDN is still required.
-     This is necessary for certain programs to operate correctly.</para>
-
-     <para>If using DHCP, DHCPv6, IPv6 Autoconfiguration, or if a network card
-     is not going to be configured, create the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename>
-     file by running the following command:</para>
+     This is necessary for certain programs, such as MTAs, to operate properly.</para>
+
+     <para>Create the /etc/hosts file using the following command:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/hosts &lt;&lt; "EOF"
@@ -308,4 +307,5 @@
      specifically for the FQDN.</para>
 
+<!--
      <para>If using a static address, create the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename>
      file by running this command instead:</para>
@@ -314,5 +314,5 @@
 <literal># Begin /etc/hosts
 
-127.0.0.1 localhost
+127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
 127.0.1.1 <replaceable>&lt;FQDN&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable>
 <replaceable>&lt;192.168.0.2&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;FQDN&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>&lt;HOSTNAME&gt;</replaceable> <replaceable>[alias1] [alias2] ...</replaceable>
@@ -330,5 +330,5 @@
      network/system administrator and the machine will be connected to an
      existing network). The optional alias name(s) can be omitted.</para>
-   
+-->
    </sect2>
 
Index: chapter09/systemd-custom.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter09/systemd-custom.xml	(revision a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be)
+++ chapter09/systemd-custom.xml	(revision 9e7475a6c30cbc40d2cf69118ea65d682189b091)
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@
 
     <para>By default, <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> is created as
-    a tmpfs. If this is not desired, it can be overridden by the following:</para>
+    a tmpfs. If this is not desired, it can be overridden by executing the 
+    following command:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>ln -sfv /dev/null /etc/systemd/system/tmp.mount</userinput></screen>
@@ -56,5 +57,5 @@
     <para>Alternatively, if a a separate partition for
     <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> is desired, specify that 
-    partition in an <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> entry.</para>
+    partition in a <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> entry.</para>
 
     <warning>
@@ -88,5 +89,5 @@
     files with the same name in
     <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d</filename>. See
-    <filename>tmpfiles.d(5)</filename> manual page  for file format
+    <filename>tmpfiles.d(5)</filename> manual page for file format
     details.</para>
 
@@ -104,5 +105,5 @@
       which in turn references type d (directory). This then creates the
       specified directory if is is not present and adjusts the permissions
-      and ownership as specified.  Contents of the directory will be
+      and ownership as specified. Contents of the directory will be
       subject to time based cleanup if the age argument is specified.
      </para>
@@ -122,5 +123,5 @@
     <title>Overriding Default Services Behavior</title>
 
-    <para>The parameter of a unit can be overriden by creating a directory
+    <para>The parameters of a unit can be overriden by creating a directory
     and a configuration file in <filename
     class="directory">/etc/systemd/system</filename>. For example:</para>
@@ -181,5 +182,5 @@
     <para>Logging on a system booted with systemd is handled with
     systemd-journald (by default), rather than a typical unix syslog daemon.
-    You can also add a normal syslog daemon and have both work side by
+    You can also add a normal syslog daemon and have both operate side by
     side if desired. The systemd-journald program stores journal entries in a
     binary format rather than a plain text log file. To assist with
@@ -203,5 +204,5 @@
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
-         <para><command>journalctl -f</command>: povides functionality similar
+         <para><command>journalctl -f</command>: provides functionality similar
          to tail -f (follow).</para>
        </listitem>
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@
     when a daemon process crashes. On systemd booted systems the core
     dumping is handled by <command>systemd-coredump</command>.  It will
-    log the core dump into the journal and store the core dump itself in
+    log the core dump in the journal and store the core dump itself in
     <filename class="directory">/var/lib/systemd/coredump</filename>.
-    To retrieve and process core dumps, <command>coredumpctl</command>
+    To retrieve and process core dumps, the <command>coredumpctl</command>
     tool is provided.  Here are some examples of frequently used commands:
     </para>
@@ -225,12 +226,12 @@
       <listitem>
         <para><command>coredumpctl -r</command>: lists all core dumps in
-        reversed chronological order.</para>
-      </listitem>
-      <listitem>
-        <para><command>coredumpctl -1 info</command>: show the information
-        of the last core dump.</para>
-      </listitem>
-      <listitem>
-        <para><command>coredumpctl -1 debug</command>: load the last core
+        reverse chronological order.</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para><command>coredumpctl -1 info</command>: shows the information
+        from the last core dump.</para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para><command>coredumpctl -1 debug</command>: loads the last core
         dump into <ulink url="&blfs-book;general/gdb.html">GDB</ulink>.
         </para>
@@ -250,5 +251,5 @@
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>See <filename>systemd-coredump(8)</filename>,
+    <para>See the <filename>systemd-coredump(8)</filename>,
     <filename>coredumpctl(1)</filename>, and
     <filename>coredump.conf.d(5)</filename> manual pages for more
@@ -285,5 +286,5 @@
           after the user session has ended, but breaks backwards compatibility
           with tools like <command>nohup</command> and utilities that use
-          <function>deamon()</function>.
+          <function>daemon()</function>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -299,5 +300,5 @@
       <listitem>
         <para>
-          <emphasis>Disable at build-time</emphasis>: You can enable
+          <emphasis>Disable at build-time</emphasis>: You can disable
           lingering by default while building systemd by adding the switch
           <parameter>-Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false</parameter> to the
Index: chapter09/udev.xml
===================================================================
--- chapter09/udev.xml	(revision a3d0817020eee2b1ea6ebfe10f3a0ea9e26829be)
+++ chapter09/udev.xml	(revision 9e7475a6c30cbc40d2cf69118ea65d682189b091)
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@
       <para>Note that the <quote>softdep</quote> command also allows
       <literal>pre:</literal> dependencies, or a mixture of both
-      <literal>pre:</literal> and <literal>post:</literal>.  See the
-      <filename>modprobe.d(5)</filename> manual page for more information
+      <literal>pre:</literal> and <literal>post:</literal> dependencies.  See 
+      the <filename>modprobe.d(5)</filename> manual page for more information
       on <quote>softdep</quote> syntax and capabilities.</para>
 
-      <para>If the module in question is not a wrapper and is useful by itself,
-      configure the <command>modules</command> bootscript to load this
-      module on system boot. To do this, add the module name to the
+      <para revision="sysv">If the module in question is not a wrapper and is 
+      useful by itself, configure the <command>modules</command> bootscript to 
+      load this module on system boot. To do this, add the module name to the
       <filename>/etc/sysconfig/modules</filename> file on a separate line.
       This works for wrapper modules too, but is suboptimal in that case.</para>
