diff --git a/howto.txt b/howto.txt
index 7071fdfbc1e..aa67d7df66e 100644
--- a/howto.txt
+++ b/howto.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ the following 4 commands as root:
   setfattr -n user.test -v test test.txt
   setfattr -n security.test -v test2 test.txt
   getfattr -d test.txt
-  getfattr -d system.txt
+  getfattr -d test.txt
 
 You should see output like this: