diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/bare-hurd64.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/bare-hurd64.tmpl
index 89811e458a..eba7005bfd 100644
--- a/gnu/system/examples/bare-hurd64.tmpl
+++ b/gnu/system/examples/bare-hurd64.tmpl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ;;
 ;; You may run it like so:
 ;;
-;;     guix shell qemu@7 -- qemu-system-x86_64 -m 2048            \
+;;     guix shell qemu -- qemu-system-x86_64 -m 2048              \
 ;;       --machine q35                                            \
 ;;       --enable-kvm                                             \
 ;;       --device e1000,netdev=net0                               \
diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/devel-hurd64.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/devel-hurd64.tmpl
index fb9e71a318..337ce77a7c 100644
--- a/gnu/system/examples/devel-hurd64.tmpl
+++ b/gnu/system/examples/devel-hurd64.tmpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ;; You may run it like so:
 ;;
 ;;     cp /gnu/store/.../disk-image devel-hurd.img
-;;     guix shell qemu@7 -- qemu-system-x86_64 -m 4096            \
+;;     guix shell qemu -- qemu-system-x86_64 -m 4096              \
 ;;       --machine q35                                            \
 ;;       --enable-kvm                                             \
 ;;       --device e1000,netdev=net0                               \