diff --git a/man/machine-id.xml b/man/machine-id.xml
index 833b4f0841..4ee100b473 100644
--- a/man/machine-id.xml
+++ b/man/machine-id.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@
to use the D-Bus machine ID from /var/lib/dbus/machine-id, the
value of the kernel command line option container_uuid, the KVM DMI
product_uuid or the devicetree vm,uuid
- (on KVM systems), and finally a randomly generated UUID.
+ (on KVM systems), the Xen hypervisor uuid, and finally a randomly
+ generated UUID.
After the machine ID is established,
systemd1