diff --git a/docs/en-US/database-replication.xml b/docs/en-US/database-replication.xml
index bb144579ddf..8ca80713732 100644
--- a/docs/en-US/database-replication.xml
+++ b/docs/en-US/database-replication.xml
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ server_id=1
         <para>The server_id must be unique with respect to other servers. The recommended way to achieve this is to give the master an ID of 1 and each slave a sequential number greater than 1, so that the servers are numbered 1, 2, 3, etc.</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-        <para>Restart the MySQL service:</para>
+        <para>Restart the MySQL service. On RHEL/CentOS systems, use:</para>
         <programlisting>
 # service mysqld restart
         </programlisting>
+        <para>On Debian/Ubuntu systems, use:</para>
+        <programlisting>
+# service mysql restart
+        </programlisting>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
         <para>Create a replication account on the master and give it privileges. We will use the "cloud-repl" user with the password "password". This assumes that master and slave run on the 172.16.1.0/24 network.</para>
@@ -90,10 +94,14 @@ innodb_lock_wait_timeout=600
         </programlisting>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
-        <para>Restart MySQL.</para>
+        <para>Restart MySQL. Use "mysqld" on RHEL/CentOS systems:</para>
         <programlisting>
 # service mysqld restart
         </programlisting>
+        <para>On Ubuntu/Debian systems use "mysql."</para>
+        <programlisting>
+# service mysql restart
+        </programlisting>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
         <para>Instruct the slave to connect to and replicate from the master. Replace the IP address, password, log file, and position with the values you have used in the previous steps.</para>