diff --git a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
index 10d6cc437..fb6d61244 100644
--- a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ Issuing the following commands will create a default directory layout:</para>
 <userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir $dirname</userinput>
 <userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cd $dirname</userinput>
 <userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir bin etc include lib sbin share src var</userinput>
-<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ln -s share/man man</userinput>
-<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ln -s share/doc doc</userinput>
-<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ln -s share/info info</userinput>
+<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ln -s share/man</userinput>
+<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ln -s share/doc</userinput>
+<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ln -s share/info</userinput>
 <userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cd $dirname/share</userinput>
 <userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir dict doc info locale man nls misc terminfo zoneinfo</userinput>
 <userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cd $dirname/share/man</userinput>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Issuing the following commands will create a default directory layout:</para>
 <userinput>cd $LFS/opt &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>mkdir bin doc include info lib man &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>cd $LFS/usr &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-<userinput>ln -s ../var/tmp tmp</userinput></screen></para>
+<userinput>ln -s ../var/tmp</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>Normally, directories are created with permission mode 755, which isn't
 desired for all directories. The first change is a mode 0750 for the