diff --git a/chapter08/pkgconf.xml b/chapter08/pkgconf.xml
index 7a9569178..3bbec0705 100644
--- a/chapter08/pkgconf.xml
+++ b/chapter08/pkgconf.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     packages in BLFS. Run this sed to reinstate the old
     output for pkgconf:</para>
 
-     <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/1330,1336/s|^|//|' cli/main.c</userinput></screen>
+     <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '1330,1336s|^|//|' cli/main.c</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Prepare Pkgconf for compilation:</para>