diff --git a/chapter08/shadow.xml b/chapter08/shadow.xml
index efa000dcd..9ed79103f 100644
--- a/chapter08/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter08/shadow.xml
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ useradd -D --gid 999</userinput></screen>
           next available number. Note also that if you don't have a group with
           an ID equal to this number on your system, then the first time you use
           <command>useradd</command> without the <parameter>-g</parameter>
-          parameter, an error message will be generated&mdash;<computeroutput>useradd:
+          parameter, an error message will be generated &mdash; <computeroutput>useradd:
           unknown GID 999</computeroutput>,
           despite the account can still be created correctly. That is why we
           created the group <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem>