diff --git a/doc/image-guide/ch_creating_images_manually.xml b/doc/image-guide/ch_creating_images_manually.xml
index 2fccaec7c1..d5bb938c9b 100644
--- a/doc/image-guide/ch_creating_images_manually.xml
+++ b/doc/image-guide/ch_creating_images_manually.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ default              active     yes</computeroutput></screen>
                 >Vinagre</link> (GNOME).</para>
         <para>The following example shows how to use the
                 <command>qemu-img</command> command to create an empty
-            image file <command>virt-install</command> command to
+            image file, and <command>virt-install</command> command to
             start up a virtual machine using that image file. As
             root:</para>
         <screen><prompt>#</prompt> <command>qemu-img create -f qcow2 /data/centos-6.4.qcow2 10G</command>