diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index 0cfd0853c6b..e8c869244a2 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ of the daemon, and may be used for command lines like the following: - /bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID + ExecReload=kill -HUP $MAINPID Note however that reloading a daemon by sending a signal (as with the example line above) is usually not a good choice, @@ -473,7 +473,14 @@ other. It is strongly recommended to set ExecReload= to a command that not only triggers a configuration reload of the daemon, but also - synchronously waits for it to complete. + synchronously waits for it to complete. For example, + dbus-broker1 + uses the following: + + ExecReload=busctl call org.freedesktop.DBus \ + /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus \ + ReloadConfig +