diff --git a/docs/chapters/gettingstarted.rst b/docs/chapters/gettingstarted.rst
index 8eb44502..992f0ff8 100644
--- a/docs/chapters/gettingstarted.rst
+++ b/docs/chapters/gettingstarted.rst
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Linux Jail
 ^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Linux jails are still considered experimental, but they seem to work. First we
-must bootstrap a linux distro.
+must bootstrap a linux distro (Linux distros are bootstrapped with the Debian tool [debootstrap](https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap)).
 
 .. code-block:: shell