diff --git a/docs/reference/setup/repositories.asciidoc b/docs/reference/setup/repositories.asciidoc
index e2b53dea98b5e..3b56dff6e1f3e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/setup/repositories.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/setup/repositories.asciidoc
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ Run apt-get update and the repository is ready for use. You can install it with
 apt-get update && apt-get install elasticsearch
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+Configure Elasticsearch to automatically start during bootup :
 
+[source,sh]
+--------------------------------------------------
+sudo update-rc.d elasticsearch defaults 95 10
+--------------------------------------------------
 
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