diff --git a/doc/common/section_cli_nova_boot_from_volume.xml b/doc/common/section_cli_nova_boot_from_volume.xml
index 6d70d167f2..515a4a87f8 100644
--- a/doc/common/section_cli_nova_boot_from_volume.xml
+++ b/doc/common/section_cli_nova_boot_from_volume.xml
@@ -145,12 +145,6 @@
           </tr>
         </tbody>
       </informaltable>
-      <note>
-        <para>You must specify an image when booting from a volume,
-          even though the specified image is not used. Otherwise, the
-            <literal>Attempt to boot from volume - no image
-            supplied</literal> error is returned.</para>
-      </note>
       <para>You can also attach a swap disk on boot with the
           <parameter>--swap</parameter> flag, or you can attach an
         ephemeral disk on boot with the
@@ -158,13 +152,13 @@
       <para>For example, you might enter the following command to boot
         from a volume. The volume is not deleted when the instance is
         terminated:</para>
-      <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova boot --flavor 2 --image e0b7734d-2331-42a3-b19e-067adc0da17d \
+      <screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova boot --flavor 2 \
      --block_device_mapping vda=3195a5a7-fd0d-4ac3-b919-7ba6cbe11d46:::0 myInstanceFromVolume</userinput>
 <computeroutput>+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
 | Property                            | Value                                |
 +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
 | OS-EXT-STS:task_state               | scheduling                           |
-| image                               | cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec              |
+| image                               |                                      |
 | OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                 | building                             |
 | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name       | instance-00000003                    |
 | flavor                              | m1.small                             |