diff --git a/doc/saio/bin/resetswift b/doc/saio/bin/resetswift
index c7c9d9eae9..a9845674cd 100755
--- a/doc/saio/bin/resetswift
+++ b/doc/saio/bin/resetswift
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ mkdir -p /srv/1/node/sdb1 /srv/1/node/sdb5 \
          /srv/4/node/sdb4 /srv/4/node/sdb8
 sudo rm -f /var/log/debug /var/log/messages /var/log/rsyncd.log /var/log/syslog
 find /var/cache/swift* -type f -name *.recon -exec rm -f {} \;
-# On Fedora use "systemctl restart <service>"
-sudo service rsyslog restart
-sudo service memcached restart
+if [ "`type -t systemctl`" == "file" ]; then
+    sudo systemctl restart rsyslog
+    sudo systemctl restart memcached
+else
+    sudo service rsyslog restart
+    sudo service memcached restart
+fi
diff --git a/doc/source/development_saio.rst b/doc/source/development_saio.rst
index 0f391266ce..d4b9016b88 100644
--- a/doc/source/development_saio.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development_saio.rst
@@ -451,11 +451,6 @@ Setting up scripts for running Swift
 
         sed -i "/find \/var\/log\/swift/d" $HOME/bin/resetswift
 
-     On Fedora, replace ``service <name> restart`` with ``systemctl restart
-     <name>.service``::
-
-        sed -i "s/service \(.*\) restart/systemctl restart \1.service/" $HOME/bin/resetswift
-
 
   #. Install the sample configuration file for running tests::