diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/declarative-containers.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/declarative-containers.xml
index 253be80b9c4..dccc8b0cb0d 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/declarative-containers.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/declarative-containers.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ containers.database =
If you run nixos-rebuild switch, the container will
be built. If the container was already running, it will be
updated in place, without rebooting. Container can be configured to
-start automatically by setting autoStart = true
+start automatically by setting containers.database.autoStart = true
in its configuration.
By default, declarative containers share the network namespace