diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 242620c04..9d91ac762 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -163,13 +163,9 @@ Get the latest release from of MPD from <http://www.musicpd.org/>.
 Compile
 -------
 
-1) unzip and untar the archive
+1) unpack the archive
 
-$ tar zxvf mpd-x.x.x.tar.gz
-
-or
-
-$ tar jxvf mpd-x.x.x.tar.bz2
+$ tar xf mpd-x.x.x.tar.xz
 
 2) change to directory created
 
diff --git a/doc/user.xml b/doc/user.xml
index 91748dfab..772805161 100644
--- a/doc/user.xml
+++ b/doc/user.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         page</ulink> and unpack it:
       </para>
 
-      <programlisting>tar xjf mpd-version.tar.bz
+      <programlisting>tar xf mpd-version.tar.xz
 cd mpd-version</programlisting>
 
       <para>