diff --git a/man/systemd-repart.xml b/man/systemd-repart.xml
index 392992a78b8..d4f7f7212dd 100644
--- a/man/systemd-repart.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-repart.xml
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ systemd-repart --definitions repart.d \
   --copy-source=/tmp/tree/ \
   --empty=create --size=600M \
   --json=short \
-  /tmp/img.raw | jq --raw-output0 .[-1].roothash > /tmp/img.roothash
+  /tmp/img.raw | jq --raw-output0 ".[-1].roothash" > /tmp/img.roothash
 
 openssl smime -sign -in /tmp/img.roothash \
   -inkey verity-private-key.pem \