diff --git a/chapter09/theend.xml b/chapter09/theend.xml
index db4b5c14c..c0517ea64 100644
--- a/chapter09/theend.xml
+++ b/chapter09/theend.xml
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ the strip man page for other strip options you can use. The general idea
is to not run strip on libraries (other than --strip-debug) just to be
on the safe side.
-find $LFS/{,usr,usr/local}/{bin,sbin,lib} -type
-f \
- -exec /usr/bin/strip --strip-debug '{}'
-';'
+find $LFS/{,usr,usr/local}/{bin,sbin,lib} -type f \
+ -exec /usr/bin/strip --strip-debug '{}' ';'
If you plan to ever upgrade to a newer LFS version in the future it
will be a good idea to create the $LFS/etc/lfs-&version; file. By having