diff --git a/man/bootctl.xml b/man/bootctl.xml
index 5f5f137f8a8..81033158f64 100644
--- a/man/bootctl.xml
+++ b/man/bootctl.xml
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
         <term><option>--make-machine-id-directory=yes|no|auto</option></term>
         <listitem><para>Control creation and deletion of the top-level machine ID directory on the file
         system containing boot loader entries (i.e. beneath the file system returned by
-        <command>--print-boot-path</command> above) during <option>install</option> and
+        <option>--print-boot-path</option> above) during <option>install</option> and
         <option>remove</option>, respectively.  <literal>auto</literal> is equivalent to
         <literal>yes</literal> if <filename>/etc/machine-id</filename> resides on a filesystem other than
         tmpfs and <literal>no</literal> otherwise (in the latter case the machine ID is likely transient and