diff --git a/infra/services/promtail/README.md b/infra/services/promtail/README.md
index e6d335296..9a12b10c3 100644
--- a/infra/services/promtail/README.md
+++ b/infra/services/promtail/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@ automatically starts on boot), and start it this time around.
 
 ```sh
 sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-sudo systemctl enable promtail
-sudo systemctl start promtail
+sudo systemctl enable --now promtail
 ```