diff --git a/doc/sphinx/arm/quickstart.rst b/doc/sphinx/arm/quickstart.rst
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+++ b/doc/sphinx/arm/quickstart.rst
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Running the Kea Servers Directly
 ================================
 
 The Kea servers can be started directly, without the need to use
-``keactrl``. To start the DHCPv4 server run the following command:
+``keactrl`` or ``systemctl``. To start the DHCPv4 server run the following command:
 
 .. code-block:: console