diff --git a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
index 409d537645..ce6eda85c8 100644
--- a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
+++ b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
@@ -699,8 +699,8 @@
                         </para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Exit QEMU:</emphasis>
                         Exit QEMU by either clicking on the shutdown icon or by
-                        opening a terminal, typing
-                        <filename>poweroff</filename>, and then pressing "Enter".
+                        typing <filename>Ctrl-C</filename> in the QEMU
+                        transcript window from which you evoked QEMU.
                         </para></listitem>
                 </orderedlist>
             </para>