diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index e036ff132..9c2d4e5fd 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>November 14th, 2003 [gerard]: Chapter 6 - Tar: Changed the
+--libexecdir option from /usr/bin to /usr/sbin. Closes Bug
+#678.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>November 14th, 2003 [gerard]: Chapter 6 - Findutils and
 Gawk: Changed --libexecdir option from /usr/bin to /usr/lib/locate and
 /usr/lib/gawk respectively. Partially fixes Bug #678.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/tar.xml b/chapter06/tar.xml
index 3e511f323..2e21fad4f 100644
--- a/chapter06/tar.xml
+++ b/chapter06/tar.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Estimated required disk space:  &tar-compsize;</screen>
 <para>Prepare Tar for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--libexecdir=/usr/bin</userinput></screen>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--libexecdir=/usr/sbin</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Compile the package:</para>