diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/libvirt-coreos.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/libvirt-coreos.md
index 6c003490f5..0b4d677a1f 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/libvirt-coreos.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/libvirt-coreos.md
@@ -280,9 +280,11 @@ Start the libvirt daemon
 On Arch:
 
 ```shell
-systemctl start libvirtd
+systemctl start libvirtd virtlogd.socket
 ```
 
+The `virtlogd.socket` is not started with the libvirtd daemon. If you enable the `libvirtd.service` it is linked and started automatically on the next boot.
+
 On Ubuntu 14.04:
 
 ```shell