diff --git a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
index 414ca6a77..fcea5457c 100644
--- a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
+++ b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/filesystems.html"/>.
To create an ext2 file system on the LFS partition, run the following:
-mke2fs /dev/[xxx]
+mke2fs /dev/[xxx]
Replace [xxx] with the name of the LFS
partition (hda5 in our previous example).
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ rm -rf e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;
issuing the command below. If you are using an existing swap partition, there is
no need to format it.
-mkswap /dev/[yyy]
+mkswap /dev/[yyy]
Replace [yyy] with the name of the swap
partition.