diff --git a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
index 14b9b72e7..810783fd7 100644
--- a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
+++ b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   popular. The third extended filesystem (<systemitem class="filesystem">ext3
   </systemitem>) is a widely-used development of <systemitem class="filesystem">
   ext2</systemitem> which adds a journal and is compatible with the E2fsprogs
-  utilities. We will create an <systemitem class="filesystem">  ext3</systemitem>
+  utilities. We will create an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>
   file system. Build instructions for other file systems can be found at
   <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/filesystems.html"/>.</para>