diff --git a/README b/README
index 8f934c612..6c0be5944 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ XML to HTML:
 Create a directory in which you want to store the HTML files and cd into 
 that directory. Now run:
 
-	mkdir -p chapter0{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} preface appendixa &&
+	mkdir -p chapter0{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} preface appendix{a,b} &&
 	/usr/bin/openjade -t xml \
 		-d /usr/share/dsssl/docbook/html/lfs.dsl \
 		/usr/share/dsssl/docbook/dtds/decls/xml.dcl \