diff --git a/chapter07/systemd-custom.xml b/chapter07/systemd-custom.xml
index 8bf66999f..abe4294f7 100644
--- a/chapter07/systemd-custom.xml
+++ b/chapter07/systemd-custom.xml
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
         <para>
           <emphasis>Disable at build-time</emphasis>: You can enable
           lingering by default while building systemd by adding the switch
-          <parameter>--without-kill-user-processes</parameter> to the
-          <command>configure</command> command for systemd. This completely
+          <parameter>-Ddefault-kill-user-processes=no</parameter> to the
+          <command>meson</command> command for systemd. This completely
           disables the ability of systemd to kill user processes at session
           end.
         </para>