diff --git a/docs/yap.tex b/docs/yap.tex
index 108cf8129..491d826c4 100644
--- a/docs/yap.tex
+++ b/docs/yap.tex
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ WIN95 systems may not have @code{CRTDLL.DLL}, in this case it should
 be sufficient to import the file from a newer WIN95 or WIN98 machine.
 
 You should check the default installation path which is set to
-@code{/PROGRA~1/Yap} in the standard Makefile. This string will usually
-be expanded into @code{c:\Program Files\Yap} by Windows.
+@code{/Yap} in the standard Makefile. This string will usually
+be expanded into @code{c:\Yap} by Windows.
 
 The cygwin environment does not provide @t{gmp}. You can fetch a dll for
 the @t{gmp} library from @url{http://www.sf.net/projects/mingwrep}.