diff --git a/docs/installation/migrating-to-systemd.md b/docs/installation/migrating-to-systemd.md
index 6199b5511..17cbca47c 100644
--- a/docs/installation/migrating-to-systemd.md
+++ b/docs/installation/migrating-to-systemd.md
@@ -12,82 +12,22 @@ Migration is not required, as supervisord will still continue to function.
 
 ### systemd configuration:
 
-Copy or link contrib/netbox.service and contrib/netbox-rq.service to /etc/systemd/system/netbox.service and /etc/systemd/system/netbox-rq.service
+Copy or link `contrib/netbox.service` and `contrib/netbox-rq.service` to the `/etc/systemd/system/` directory:
 
 ```no-highlight
-# cp contrib/netbox.service /etc/systemd/system/netbox.service
-# cp contrib/netbox-rq.service /etc/systemd/system/netbox-rq.service
+# cp contrib/*.service /etc/systemd/system/
 ```
 
-Edit /etc/systemd/system/netbox.service and /etc/systemd/system/netbox-rq.service. Be sure to verify the location of the gunicorn executable on your server (e.g. `which gunicorn`).  If using CentOS/RHEL.  Change the username from `www-data` to `nginx` or `apache`:
+!!! note
+    These service files assume that gunicorn is installed at `/usr/local/bin/gunicorn`. If the output of `which gunicorn` indicates a different path, you'll need to correct the `ExecStart` path in both files.
+
+Copy `contrib/gunicorn.py` to `/opt/netbox/gunicorn.py`. We make a copy of this file to ensure that any changes to it do not get overwritten by a future upgrade.
 
 ```no-highlight
-/usr/local/bin/gunicorn --pid ${PidPath} --pythonpath ${WorkingDirectory}/netbox --config ${ConfigPath} netbox.wsgi
+# cp contrib/gunicorn.py /opt/netbox/gunicorn.py
 ```
 
-```no-highlight
-User=www-data
-Group=www-data
-```
-
-Copy contrib/netbox.env to /etc/sysconfig/netbox.env
-
-```no-highlight
-# cp contrib/netbox.env /etc/sysconfig/netbox.env
-```
-
-Edit /etc/sysconfig/netbox.env and change the settings as required.  Update the `WorkingDirectory` variable if needed.
-
-```no-highlight
-# Name is the Process Name
-#
-Name = 'Netbox'
-
-# ConfigPath is the path to the gunicorn config file.
-#
-ConfigPath=/opt/netbox/gunicorn.conf
-
-# WorkingDirectory is the Working Directory for Netbox.
-#
-WorkingDirectory=/opt/netbox/
-
-# PidPath is the path to the pid for the netbox WSGI
-#
-PidPath=/var/run/netbox.pid
-```
-
-Copy contrib/gunicorn.conf to gunicorn.conf
-
-```no-highlight
-# cp contrib/gunicorn.conf to gunicorn.conf
-```
-
-Edit gunicorn.conf and change the settings as required.
-
-```
-# Bind is the ip and port that the Netbox WSGI should bind to
-#
-bind='127.0.0.1:8001'
-
-# Workers is the number of workers that GUnicorn should spawn.
-# Workers should be: cores * 2 + 1.  So if you have 8 cores, it would be 17.
-#
-workers=3
-
-# Threads
-#     The number of threads for handling requests
-#
-threads=3
-
-# Timeout is the timeout between gunicorn receiving a request and returning a response (or failing with a 500 error)
-#
-timeout=120
-
-# ErrorLog
-#     ErrorLog is the logfile for the ErrorLog
-#
-errorlog='/opt/netbox/netbox.log'
-```
+You may wish to edit this file to change the bound IP address or port number, or to make performance-related adjustments.
 
 Finally, start the `netbox` and `netbox-rq` services and enable them to initiate at boot time:
 
@@ -98,3 +38,20 @@ Finally, start the `netbox` and `netbox-rq` services and enable them to initiate
 # systemctl enable netbox.service
 # systemctl enable netbox-rq.service
 ```
+
+You can use the command `systemctl status netbox` to verify that the WSGI service is running:
+
+```
+# systemctl status netbox.service
+● netbox.service - NetBox WSGI Service
+   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/netbox.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
+   Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-12-12 19:23:40 UTC; 25s ago
+     Docs: https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
+ Main PID: 11993 (gunicorn)
+    Tasks: 6 (limit: 2362)
+   CGroup: /system.slice/netbox.service
+           ├─11993 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/gunicorn --pid /var/tmp/netbox.pid --pythonpath /opt/netbox/...
+           ├─12015 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/gunicorn --pid /var/tmp/netbox.pid --pythonpath /opt/netbox/...
+           ├─12016 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/gunicorn --pid /var/tmp/netbox.pid --pythonpath /opt/netbox/...
+...
+```