diff --git a/src/machine/machinectl.c b/src/machine/machinectl.c
index 9a5bf36587..d656681daf 100644
--- a/src/machine/machinectl.c
+++ b/src/machine/machinectl.c
@@ -2682,7 +2682,6 @@ static int help(int argc, char *argv[], void *userdata) {
                "  enable NAME...              Enable automatic container start at boot\n"
                "  disable NAME...             Disable automatic container start at boot\n"
                "  poweroff NAME...            Power off one or more containers\n"
-               "  stop NAME...\n"
                "  reboot NAME...              Reboot one or more containers\n"
                "  terminate NAME...           Terminate one or more VMs/containers\n"
                "  kill NAME...                Send signal to processes of a VM/container\n"