diff --git a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
index 4b6280d6d..969b51859 100644
--- a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ Issuing the following commands will create a default directory layout:
 	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir dict doc info locale man nls misc 
 		terminfo zoneinfo</userinput>
 	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cd $dirname/share/man</userinput>
-	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir man1 man2 man3 man4 man5 man6 man7 
-		man8</userinput>
+	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}</userinput>
 	<userinput>done</userinput>
 	<userinput>cd $LFS/var</userinput>
 	<userinput>mkdir -p lock log mail run spool tmp opt cache lib/misc