diff --git a/doc/rtd/howto/run_cloud_init_locally.rst b/doc/rtd/howto/run_cloud_init_locally.rst
index b31894ec90ca..6b6eab0aa6e5 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/howto/run_cloud_init_locally.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/howto/run_cloud_init_locally.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ Download an Ubuntu image to run:
 .. note::
    Please be aware, the example is written for x86. It works on non-x86 but
    is slower as it will need to be emulated. You can change the image type and
-   qemu-system variant to your architecture to make it faster for you.
+   qemu-system-<arch> command name to match your architecture to make it again
+   faster for your local execution.
 
 Boot the image with the ISO attached
 ------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/rtd/tutorial/qemu.rst b/doc/rtd/tutorial/qemu.rst
index 671ed5c02e31..92eb413fc407 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/tutorial/qemu.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/tutorial/qemu.rst
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ server image using :command:`wget`:
 .. note::
    Please be aware, the example is written for x86. It works on non-x86 but
    is slower as it will need to be emulated. You can change the image type and
-   qemu-system variant to your architecture to make it faster for you.
+   qemu-system-<arch> command name to match your architecture to make it again
+   faster for your local execution.
 
 Define our user data
 ====================