diff --git a/chapter06/tar.xml b/chapter06/tar.xml
index 90676e0f0..afa88e251 100644
--- a/chapter06/tar.xml
+++ b/chapter06/tar.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
 <sect2 role="installation">
 <title>Installation of Tar</title>
 
-<para>Tar has a bug when the -S option is used with files larger
-than 4 GB. The following patch properly fixes this issue:</para>
+<para>Tar has a bug when the <parameter>-S</parameter> option is used 
+with files larger than 4 GB. The following patch properly fixes this issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../tar-&tar-version;-sparse_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>