diff --git a/chapter08/shadow.xml b/chapter08/shadow.xml
index 810e77969..2cc670ea1 100644
--- a/chapter08/shadow.xml
+++ b/chapter08/shadow.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ useradd -D --gid 999</userinput></screen>
           displayed on the terminal that says:
           <computeroutput>useradd: unknown GID 999</computeroutput>, although
           the account is correctly created. That is
-          why we have earlier created the group <parameter>users</parameter>
+          why we have earlier created the group
+          <systemitem class="groupname">users</systemitem>
           with this group ID.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>