diff --git a/docs/guides/podman.md b/docs/guides/podman.md
index 08f27c719..825580be2 100644
--- a/docs/guides/podman.md
+++ b/docs/guides/podman.md
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ Under Linux, it is possible to use [podman](https://podman.io/) instead of [dock
 
 In order to do this you need to run `podman` as a service. You can do this with the following command.
 ```
-❯ podman system service --time=0
+❯ systemctl start --user podman.socket
 ```
-This will serve the Docker API on a UNIX socket at `/run/user/{uid}/podman/podman.sock`.
+This will serve the Docker API on a UNIX socket at `${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/podman/podman.sock` (on most systems that would be `/run/user/{uid}/podman/podman.sock`).
 
 Then set the environment variable `DOCKER_HOST` to the socket so `func` knows where to connect.
 ```
-❯ export DOCKER_HOST="unix:///run/user/$(id -u)/podman/podman.sock"
+❯ export DOCKER_HOST="unix://${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/podman/podman.sock"
 ❯ func build -v
 ```
 Now you may use `func` as usual.