diff --git a/chapter08/bash.xml b/chapter08/bash.xml
index 4b5b47e62..1490e7791 100644
--- a/chapter08/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bash.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <application>Expect</application> and run the tests as the <systemitem
     class="username">tester</systemitem> user:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">su -s /usr/bin/expect tester &lt;&lt; EOF
+<screen><userinput remap="test">su -s /usr/bin/expect tester &lt;&lt; "EOF"
 set timeout -1
 spawn make tests
 expect eof