diff --git a/chapter08/bash.xml b/chapter08/bash.xml
index 4e7a418f5..4b5b47e62 100644
--- a/chapter08/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bash.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
     <para>To prepare the tests, ensure that the <systemitem class="username">tester</systemitem> user can write to the sources tree:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>The test suite of this package is designed to be run as a non-&root;
     user who owns the terminal connected to standard input.  To satisfy the
diff --git a/chapter08/coreutils.xml b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
index 96c46996d..655e0dd66 100644
--- a/chapter08/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure \
     <para>Fix some of the permissions so that the non-&root; user can
     compile and run the tests:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester . </userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester . </userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Now run the tests:</para>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/findutils.xml b/chapter08/findutils.xml
index 7012c221a..5671f6183 100644
--- a/chapter08/findutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/findutils.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .
 su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/gawk.xml b/chapter08/gawk.xml
index a7f74eb92..bc19acaaf 100644
--- a/chapter08/gawk.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gawk.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .
 su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/gcc.xml b/chapter08/gcc.xml
index 7f21cf853..84cf8a86f 100644
--- a/chapter08/gcc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/gcc.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Test the results as a non-privileged user, but do not stop at errors:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .
 su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To extract a summary of the test suite results, run:</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/make.xml b/chapter08/make.xml
index 186698a58..41a77c649 100644
--- a/chapter08/make.xml
+++ b/chapter08/make.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
          https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63852 -->
     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .
 su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/sed.xml b/chapter08/sed.xml
index 4a524c751..75d015600 100644
--- a/chapter08/sed.xml
+++ b/chapter08/sed.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ make html</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .
 su tester -c "PATH=$PATH make check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Install the package and its documentation:</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/util-linux.xml b/chapter08/util-linux.xml
index e6bb0b683..4c53b4eb5 100644
--- a/chapter08/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter08/util-linux.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD</userinput></screen>
     </warning>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .
 su tester -c "make -k check"</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>The <emphasis>hardlink</emphasis> tests will fail if the host's kernel
diff --git a/chapter08/vim.xml b/chapter08/vim.xml
index 9dd3b4b74..030c50442 100644
--- a/chapter08/vim.xml
+++ b/chapter08/vim.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <systemitem class="username">tester</systemitem> can write
     to the source tree:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -Rv tester .</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -R tester .</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Now run the tests as user <systemitem
     class="username">tester</systemitem>:</para>