diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc
index b150e9ec7a..4ce1ce0387 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc
@@ -438,18 +438,19 @@ Spring Boot application as an `init.d` service simply create a symlink:
 	$ sudo ln -s /var/myapp/myapp.jar /etc/init.d/myapp
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-Once installed, you can start and stop the service in the usual way. For example:
+Once installed, you can start and stop the service in the usual way. For example, on a
+Debian based system:
 
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-	$ /etc/init.d/myapp start
+	$ service myapp start
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 TIP: If your application fails to start, check the log file written to
 `/var/log/<appname>.log` for errors.
 
 You can also flag the application to start automatically using your standard operating
-system tools. For example, if you use Debian:
+system tools. For example, on Debian:
 
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