diff --git a/chapter08/ncurses.xml b/chapter08/ncurses.xml
index 58221d144..b51099001 100644
--- a/chapter08/ncurses.xml
+++ b/chapter08/ncurses.xml
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ ln -sfv libncurses.so      /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>If desired, install the Ncurses documentation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">mkdir -pv      /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version;
-cp -v -R doc/* /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v -R doc -T /usr/share/doc/ncurses-&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen>
 
     <note>