diff --git a/doc/src/docbkx/openstack-user/src/section_dashboard_launch_instances_from_volume.xml b/doc/src/docbkx/openstack-user/src/section_dashboard_launch_instances_from_volume.xml
index 66641a97d1..9ab8d2acbb 100644
--- a/doc/src/docbkx/openstack-user/src/section_dashboard_launch_instances_from_volume.xml
+++ b/doc/src/docbkx/openstack-user/src/section_dashboard_launch_instances_from_volume.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
             <itemizedlist>
                 <listitem>
                     <para>For a raw image:</para>
-                    <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>cat IMAGE >/dev/null</userinput></screen>
+                    <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>cat IMAGE >/dev/vdb</userinput></screen>
                     <para>Alternatively, use
                         <command>dd</command>.</para>
                 </listitem>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
                 </listitem>
                 <listitem>
                     <para>For a *.tar.bz2 image:</para>
-                    <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>tar xfjO IMAGE >/dev/null</userinput></screen>
+                    <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>tar xfjO IMAGE >/dev/vdb</userinput></screen>
                 </listitem>
             </itemizedlist>
         </step>