diff --git a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
index e5ee23caa..24f324f21 100644
--- a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
+++ b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ cd /tmp
 rm -rfv e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen>
   </note>
 
-  <para>If a <systemitem class="filesystem">swap</systemitem> partition was
-  created, it will need to be initialized for use by issuing the command below.
-  If you are using an existing <systemitem class="filesystem">swap</systemitem>
-  partition, there is no need to format it.</para>
+  <para>If you are using an existing <systemitem class="filesystem">swap
+  </systemitem> partition, there is no need to format it. If a new
+  <systemitem class="filesystem"> swap</systemitem> partition was created,
+  it will need to be initialized with this command:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkswap /dev/<replaceable>&lt;yyy&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>