diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-quadlet-basic-usage.7.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-quadlet-basic-usage.7.md
index 2311a8f337..28c55e76e9 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-quadlet-basic-usage.7.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-quadlet-basic-usage.7.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ For rootful use:
 sudo cp hello.container /etc/containers/systemd/
 ```
 
-## Step 3: Reload and enable the service
+## Step 3: Reload and start the service
 
 For rootless use:
 ```bash
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@ systemctl --user start hello.service
 For rootful use:
 ```bash
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-sudo systemctl enable --now hello.service
+sudo systemctl start hello.service
 ```
 
+Note quadlet services cannot be enabled as they are a generated systemd unit,
+see [podman-systemd.unit(5)](podman-systemd.unit.5.md#enabling-unit-files) for more information.
+
+
 ## Expected Output:
 
 For rootless, check logs using: