diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index e796245ae5..f07ce865d6 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <title>Description</title>
 
     <para>A unit configuration file whose name ends in
-    <filename>.service</filename> encodes information about a process
+    <literal>.service</literal> encodes information about a process
     controlled and supervised by systemd.</para>
 
     <para>This man page lists the configuration options specific to