diff --git a/doc/source/dev/dev-quickstart.rst b/doc/source/dev/dev-quickstart.rst
index 24cabc9e08..621d1d5fee 100644
--- a/doc/source/dev/dev-quickstart.rst
+++ b/doc/source/dev/dev-quickstart.rst
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Source credentials, create a key, and spawn an instance::
     source ~/devstack/openrc
 
     # query the image id of the default cirros image
-    image=$(nova image-list | egrep "$DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME[^-]" | awk '{ print $2 }')
+    image=$(nova image-list | egrep "$DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME"'[^-]' | awk '{ print $2 }')
 
     # create keypair
     ssh-keygen