diff --git a/book/organization.xml b/book/organization.xml
index df45b0af23..34f87fd9e2 100644
--- a/book/organization.xml
+++ b/book/organization.xml
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
   <title>Organization</title>
 
   <para>
-    This book is divided into the following parts.
+    This book is divided into the following fourteen parts.
   </para>
 
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part I - Introduction</bridgehead>
 
   <para>
-    This part contains information which is essential to
-    the rest of the book.
+    This part contains essential information which is needed to
+    understand the rest of the book.
   </para>
 
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part II - Post LFS Configuration and Extra
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@
 
   <para>
     Here we introduce basic configuration and security issues.  We also
-    discuss a range of editors, file systems, and shells which aren't covered
+    discuss a range of text editors, file systems, and shells which aren't covered
     in the main LFS book.
   </para>
 
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part III - General Libraries and Utilities</bridgehead>
 
   <para>
-    In this section we cover libraries which are often needed by the rest
-    of the book as well as system utilities.  Information on Programming
+    In this section we cover libraries which are often needed throughout
+    the book, as well as system utilities.  Information on programming
     (including recompiling <application>GCC</application> to support its full
     range of languages) concludes this part.
   </para>
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part IV - Basic Networking</bridgehead>
 
   <para>
-    Here we cover how to connect to a network when you aren't using the
-    simple static IP setup given in the main LFS book. Networking libraries
+    Here we explain how to connect to a network when you aren't using the
+    simple static IP setup presented in the main LFS book. Networking libraries
     and command-line networking tools are also covered here.
   </para>
 
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part V - Servers</bridgehead>
 
   <para>
-    Here we deal with setting up mail and other servers (such as
+    Here we show you how to set up mail and other servers (such as
     <application>FTP</application>, <application>Apache</application>, etc.).
   </para>
 
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@
 
   <para>
     This part explains how to set up a basic <application>X Window
-    System</application> installation along with some generic
+    System</application>, along with some generic
     <application>X</application> libraries and Window managers.
   </para>
 
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part VII - KDE</bridgehead>
 
   <para>
-    For those who want to use the <application>K Desktop
-    Environment</application> or some parts of it, this part covers it.
+    This part is for those who want to use the <application>K Desktop
+    Environment</application>, or parts of it.
   </para>
 
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part VIII - GNOME</bridgehead>
@@ -94,36 +94,37 @@
     <application>GNOME</application> and <application>KDE</application>.
   </para>
 
-  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part XI - X Software</bridgehead>
+  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part XI - More X Software</bridgehead>
 
   <para>
     Office programs and graphical web browsers are important to most people.
-    They, along with some generic <application>X</application> software can be
+    They, and some generic <application>X</application> software, can be
     found in this part of the book.
   </para>
 
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part XII - Multimedia</bridgehead>
 
   <para>
-    Here we cover setting multimedia libraries and drivers along with some
-    audio, video and CD-writing programs.
+    Here we cover multimedia libraries and drivers, along with some
+    audio, video, and CD-writing programs.
   </para>
 
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Part XIII - Printing, Scanning and
   Typesetting (PST)</bridgehead>
 
   <para>
-    The PST part of the book covers document handling with applications like
-    <application>Ghostscript</application>, <application>CUPS</application> and
-    <application>DocBook</application> to installing
+    This part covers document handling, from applications like
+    <application>Ghostscript</application>, <application>CUPS</application>, and
+    <application>DocBook</application>, all the way to
     <application>texlive</application>.
   </para>
 
   <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Appendices</bridgehead>
 
   <para>
-    The Appendices cover information which doesn't belong in the main
-    book; they are mainly there as a reference.
+    The Appendices present information which doesn't belong in the body of
+    book; they are included as reference material. The glossary of acronyms
+    is a handy feature.
   </para>
 
 </sect1>