diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
index 50e5a7f18c..5555e93e98 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
@@ -2883,7 +2883,7 @@ Filesystem     Size   Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on
 	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
 
       <programlisting>geli_devices="<replaceable>da2</replaceable>"
-geli_da2_flags="-p -k /root/<replaceable>da2.key</replaceable>"</programlisting>
+geli_da2_flags="-k /root/<replaceable>da2.key</replaceable>"</programlisting>
 
       <para>This configures <filename>/dev/da2</filename> as a
 	<command>geli</command> provider with a master key of