diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml
index 21447e8ed9a..4651e895104 100644
--- a/man/systemctl.xml
+++ b/man/systemctl.xml
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ Jan 12 10:46:45 example.com bluetoothd[8900]: gatt-time-server: Input/output err
       for more details. The patterns are matched against the primary names of
       units currently in memory, and patterns which do not match anything
       are silently skipped. For example:
-      <programlisting># systemctl stop sshd@*.service</programlisting>
+      <programlisting># systemctl stop "sshd@*.service"</programlisting>
       will stop all <filename>sshd@.service</filename> instances. Note that alias names of units, and units that aren't
       in memory are not considered for glob expansion.
       </para>