diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/declarative-containers.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/declarative-containers.xml
index 5e0bf9d4431..228c45b0c1f 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/declarative-containers.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/declarative-containers.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ on container networking.)</para>
 switch</literal>. Note that this will not delete the root directory of
 the container in <literal>/var/lib/containers</literal>.</para>
 
-<para>Declarative containers can be started and stopped using the relative
-systemd service. For example
-<literal>systemctl start container@database</literal>.</para>
+<para>Declarative containers can be started and stopped using the
+corresponding systemd service, e.g. <literal>systemctl start
+container@database</literal>.</para>
 
 </section>