diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index b3f8eb6518..ac19e5e7de 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@
     <example>
       <title>Spawn a shell in a container of a minimal Debian unstable distribution</title>
 
-      <programlisting># debootstrap --arch=amd64 unstable ~/debian-tree/
+      <programlisting># debootstrap unstable ~/debian-tree/
 # systemd-nspawn -D ~/debian-tree/</programlisting>
 
       <para>This installs a minimal Debian unstable distribution into