diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml
index f4ae1d0fcf..0263a70059 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    To create a new database, in this example named
+    To create a new database from the command line, in this example named
     <literal>mydb</literal>, you use the following command:
 <screen>
 <prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>createdb mydb</userinput>