diff --git a/doc/source/formats.rst b/doc/source/formats.rst
index 3779900935..945fc9ab8a 100644
--- a/doc/source/formats.rst
+++ b/doc/source/formats.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The disk format of a virtual machine image is the format of the underlying
 disk image. Virtual appliance vendors have different formats for laying out
 the information contained in a virtual machine disk image.
 
-You can set your image's container format to one of the following:
+You can set your image's disk format to one of the following:
 
 * **raw**