diff --git a/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml b/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
index f7e485451..7f4ce03a0 100644
--- a/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ program to compress and uncompress using bzip2/bunzip2 easily. With a
 plain tar a user has to use constructions like bzcat file.tar.bz|tar
 xv or tar --use-compress-prog=bunzip2 -xvf file.tar.bz2 to use bzip2 and
 bunzip2 with tar. This patch gives the -j option so a user can unpack a
-Bzip2 archive with tar xvfy file.tar.bz2. Applying this patch will be
+Bzip2 archive with tar xvfj file.tar.bz2. Applying this patch will be
 mentioned later on when the Tar package is re-installed.</para>
 
 </sect2>