diff --git a/website/source/docs/guides/deployment-guide.html.md b/website/source/docs/guides/deployment-guide.html.md
index 9f7e34ee0..c76b72666 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/guides/deployment-guide.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/guides/deployment-guide.html.md
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ After=network-online.target
 ConditionFileNotEmpty=/etc/consul.d/consul.hcl
 
 [Service]
+Type=notify
 User=consul
 Group=consul
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/consul agent -config-dir=/etc/consul.d/