diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 1c8c6c8e60..f15ce2eb92 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*- Mode: nxml; nxml-child-indent: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-->
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY fedora_latest_version "28">
+<!ENTITY fedora_cloud_release "1.1">
+]>
 
 <!--
   SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
@@ -1191,8 +1194,8 @@
       <ulink url="https://getfedora.org">Fedora</ulink> image and start a shell in it</title>
 
       <programlisting># machinectl pull-raw --verify=no \
-      https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/25/CloudImages/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-25-1.3.x86_64.raw.xz
-# systemd-nspawn -M Fedora-Cloud-Base-25-1.3.x86_64.raw</programlisting>
+      https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/&fedora_latest_version;/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-&fedora_latest_version;-&fedora_cloud_release;.x86_64.raw.xz
+# systemd-nspawn -M Fedora-Cloud-Base-&fedora_latest_version;-&fedora_cloud_release;.x86_64.raw</programlisting>
 
       <para>This downloads an image using
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
@@ -1202,17 +1205,17 @@
     <example>
       <title>Build and boot a minimal Fedora distribution in a container</title>
 
-      <programlisting># dnf -y --releasever=27 --installroot=/var/lib/machines/f27container \
+      <programlisting># dnf -y --releasever=&fedora_latest_version; --installroot=/var/lib/machines/f&fedora_latest_version; \
       --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo=fedora --enablerepo=updates install \
       systemd passwd dnf fedora-release vim-minimal
-# systemd-nspawn -bD /var/lib/machines/f27container</programlisting>
+# systemd-nspawn -bD /var/lib/machines/f&fedora_latest_version;</programlisting>
 
       <para>This installs a minimal Fedora distribution into the
-      directory <filename noindex='true'>/var/lib/machines/f27container</filename>
+      directory <filename noindex='true'>/var/lib/machines/f&fedora_latest_version;</filename>
       and then boots an OS in a namespace container in it. Because the installation
       is located underneath the standard <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>
       directory, it is also possible to start the machine using
-      <command>systemd-nspawn -M f27container</command>.</para>
+      <command>systemd-nspawn -M f&fedora_latest_version;</command>.</para>
     </example>
 
     <example>