diff --git a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
index ffafc5dab..c41b54fdd 100644
--- a/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
+++ b/chapter03/creatingdirs.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Issuing the following commands will create a default directory layout:
 		local</userinput>
 	<userinput>cd $LFS/opt</userinput>
 	<userinput>mkdir bin doc include info lib man</userinput>
-	<userinput>ln -s /var/tmp /usr/tmp</userinput>
+	<userinput>cd $LFS/usr</userinput>
+	<userinput>ln -s /var/tmp tmp</userinput>
 </literallayout></blockquote>
 
 <para>