diff --git a/general/genlib/icu.xml b/general/genlib/icu.xml
index 8e526cb9cf..875458b736 100644
--- a/general/genlib/icu.xml
+++ b/general/genlib/icu.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY icu-download-http "http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/&icu-version;/icu4c-49_1_1-src.tgz">
+  <!ENTITY icu-download-http
+    "http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/&icu-version;/icu4c-49_1_1-src.tgz">
   <!ENTITY icu-download-ftp  " ">
   <!ENTITY icu-md5sum        "7c53f83e0327343f4060c0eb83842daf">
   <!ENTITY icu-size          "18 MB">
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
         <term><command>gencnval</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            compiles the converters aliases file.
+            compiles the converter's aliases file.
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="icu gencnval">
             <primary sortas="b-gencnval">gencnval</primary>
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
         <term><command>genctd</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            compiles word list into ICU compact trie dictionary.
+            compiles a word list into an ICU compact trie dictionary.
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="icu genctd">
             <primary sortas="b-genctd">genctd</primary>
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
         <term><command>genrb</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            compile a resource bundle.
+            compiles a resource bundle.
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="icu genrb">
             <primary sortas="b-genrb">genrb</primary>
@@ -234,8 +235,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
         <term><command>icuinfo</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            outputs information about the current International Components for
-            Unicode.
+            outputs configuration information about the current ICU.
           </para>
           <indexterm zone="icu icuinfo">
             <primary sortas="b-icuinfo">icuinfo</primary>
diff --git a/xsoft/office/libreoffice.xml b/xsoft/office/libreoffice.xml
index a2c237adbe..421a0ecc98 100644
--- a/xsoft/office/libreoffice.xml
+++ b/xsoft/office/libreoffice.xml
@@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ cd libreoffice-core-&libreoffice-version;</userinput></screen>
     </para>
 
 <screen><userinput>tar -xf ../libreoffice-translations-&libreoffice-version;.tar.xz --strip-components=1 &amp;&amp;
-tar -xf ../libreoffice-help-&libreoffice-version;.tar.xz --strip-components=1 &amp;&amp;
+tar -xf ../libreoffice-help-&libreoffice-version;.tar.xz         --strip-components=1 &amp;&amp;
 tar -xf ../libreoffice-dictionaries-&libreoffice-version;.tar.xz --strip-components=1 &amp;&amp;
+sed -i '/$Prepend/s:^[^#]:# &amp;:' \
+  i18npool/source/breakiterator/data/char{,_in}.txt &amp;&amp;
 ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr \
   --disable-binfilter      \
   --disable-gconf          \
@@ -344,6 +346,13 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/hicolor</userinput></screen>
       correct position.
     </para>
 
+    <para>
+      <command>sed -i '/$Prepend/s:^[^#]:# &amp;:'
+      i18npool/source/breakiterator/data/char{,_in}.txt</command>: This sed
+      fixes compiling with <application>ICU 49</application> installed on your
+      system.
+    </para>
+
     <para>
       <option>--enable-gtk3</option>: add this option if you've installed and
       want to use <application>Gtk+-3</application>.