diff --git a/chapter08/util-linux.xml b/chapter08/util-linux.xml
index e5f41cca4..b1df6ea6d 100644
--- a/chapter08/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter08/util-linux.xml
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>Finally, install the man pages:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../util-linux-man-pages-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz \
---directory /usr/share/man --strip-components=1</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">tar -xf ../util-linux-man-pages-&util-linux-version;.tar.xz --directory /usr/share/man --strip-components=1</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>