diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 72201d9be5..f52968a4f0 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
     <para>As a safety check <command>systemd-nspawn</command> will verify the existence of
     <filename>/usr/lib/os-release</filename> or <filename>/etc/os-release</filename> in the container tree before
-    starting a container (see
+    booting a container (see
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).  It might be
     necessary to add this file to the container tree manually if the OS of the container is too old to contain this
     file out-of-the-box.</para>