diff --git a/chapter08/systemd.xml b/chapter08/systemd.xml
index 86f75e2e8..4548056ea 100644
--- a/chapter08/systemd.xml
+++ b/chapter08/systemd.xml
@@ -198,15 +198,11 @@ meson --prefix=/usr \
systemctl preset-all
- Disable a service for upgrading binary distros. It's useless for
- a basic Linux system built from source, and it will report an error if
+ Disable two services for upgrading binary distros. They are useless for
+ a basic Linux system built from source, and both will report an error if
it's enabled but not configured:
-systemctl disable systemd-sysupdate
-
- Also disable that unit's timer:
-
-systemd disable systemd-sysupdate-reboot.timer
+systemctl disable systemd-sysupdate{,-reboot}