diff --git a/chapter07/cleanup.xml b/chapter07/cleanup.xml
index d5396208c..2a83e2d62 100644
--- a/chapter07/cleanup.xml
+++ b/chapter07/cleanup.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
     <para>Before making a backup, unmount the virtual file systems:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>[ mountpoint -q $LFS/dev/shm ] &amp;&amp; umount $LFS/dev/shm
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mountpoint -q $LFS/dev/shm &amp;&amp; umount $LFS/dev/shm
 umount $LFS/dev/pts
 umount $LFS/{sys,proc,run,dev}</userinput></screen>