diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 2d7bdbf88..f1f9ce1ef 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>March 1st, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 05 - Creating
+directories: Removed the <filename class="directory">/usr/var</filename>
+and <filename class="directory">/usr/local/var</filename> directories. They
+aren't recommended by the <emphasis>FHS</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>February 27th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 06 - Make: Added
 commands to remove the setgid kmem bit from
 <filename>/usr/bin/make</filename>. This isn't needed on Linux systems to
diff --git a/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml
index 1633a558a..1c4c155fd 100644
--- a/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ for dirname in $LFS/usr $LFS/usr/local
 <literal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do</literal>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir $dirname
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cd $dirname
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir bin etc include lib sbin share src var
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir bin etc include lib sbin share src
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ln -s share/man
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ln -s share/doc
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ln -s share/info