diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc
index e128b49813f..e92d42c583c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/deployment.adoc
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ Spring Boot application as an `init.d` service simply create a symlink:
 
 [indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes,attributes"]
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-	$ sudo link -s /var/myapp/myapp.jar /etc/init.d/myapp
+	$ sudo ln -s /var/myapp/myapp.jar /etc/init.d/myapp
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 TIP: It is advisable to create a specific user account to run you application. Ensure