diff --git a/chapter06/create-utmp.xml b/chapter06/create-utmp.xml
index cbc5703ff..1da25193e 100644
--- a/chapter06/create-utmp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/create-utmp.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ following commands:
 </para>
 
 <blockquote><literallayout>
-	<userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/btmp
+	<userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/btmp \
 		/var/log/lastlog &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-	<userinput>chmod 644 /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/btmp
-		/var/log/lastlog</userinput>
+	<userinput>chmod 644 /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp \
+	/var/log/btmp /var/log/lastlog</userinput>
 </literallayout></blockquote>
 
 </sect2>