diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index f6d5b14bb..f8733fd62 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 <itemizedlist>
 
+<listitem><para>January 30th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 6 - Configure
+software: Simplified the commands to create the utmp, btmp, lastlog and
+wtmp files.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>January 30th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter1: Moved
 Acknowledgements to be displayed as the first page in chapter
 1.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/create-utmp.xml b/chapter06/create-utmp.xml
index 903f5993d..cba14660b 100644
--- a/chapter06/create-utmp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/create-utmp.xml
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ bad login attempts.</para>
 <para>Create these files with their proper permissions by running the
 following commands:</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /var/log/btmp /var/log/lastlog &amp;&amp;
-chmod 644 /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/var/log/btmp /var/log/lastlog</userinput></screen></para>
+<para><screen><userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp} &&
+chmod 644 /var/run/utmp /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp}</userinput></screen></para>
 
 </sect2>