diff --git a/cat/virt-tail.pod b/cat/virt-tail.pod
index 4a5355316..367cc4e64 100644
--- a/cat/virt-tail.pod
+++ b/cat/virt-tail.pod
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ There is an unrecoverable error.
 
 Follow F</var/log/messages> inside a virtual machine called C<mydomain>:
 
- virt-tail -d mydomain /etc/fstab
+ virt-tail -d mydomain /var/log/messages
 
 =head1 OPTIONS