diff --git a/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml
index f8a0ecf03..fcbc16db0 100644
--- a/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter05/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Issuing the following commands will create a default directory layout:</para>
 <para><screen><userinput>cd $LFS &amp;&amp;
 mkdir -p bin boot dev/pts etc/opt home lib mnt proc root sbin tmp var opt &amp;&amp;
 for dirname in $LFS/usr $LFS/usr/local
-<literal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do</literal>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir $dirname
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cd $dirname
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mkdir bin etc include lib sbin share src