diff --git a/docs/source/admin.md b/docs/source/admin.md
index 18a99659..3be00602 100644
--- a/docs/source/admin.md
+++ b/docs/source/admin.md
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Here is an example that runs on ubuntu:
     source /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://download.rethinkdb.com/apt $DISTRIB_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rethinkdb.list
     wget -qO- http://download.rethinkdb.com/apt/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
     sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install rethinkdb -
+    sudo apt-get install rethinkdb
+    sudo /etc/init.d/rethinkdb restart
+
 
     # preparing two additional nodes
     # remember, that the user who starts rethinkdb must have write access to the paths