diff --git a/docs/source/deploy.rst b/docs/source/deploy.rst
index b4b9f66ddc..381e854976 100644
--- a/docs/source/deploy.rst
+++ b/docs/source/deploy.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Although there are many HTTP proxies available, we strongly advise that you
 use Nginx_. If you choose another proxy server you need to make sure that it
 buffers slow clients when you use default Gunicorn workers. Without this
 buffering Gunicorn will be easily susceptible to denial-of-service attacks.
-You can use slowloris_ to check if your proxy is behaving properly.
+You can use Boom_ to check if your proxy is behaving properly.
 
 An `example configuration`_ file for fast clients with Nginx_:
 
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ utility::
     kill -USR1 $(cat /var/run/gunicorn.pid)
 
 .. _Nginx: http://www.nginx.org
-.. _slowloris: http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/
+.. _Boom: https://github.com/rakyll/boom
 .. _`example configuration`: http://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/blob/master/examples/nginx.conf
 .. _runit: http://smarden.org/runit/
 .. _`example service`: http://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/blob/master/examples/gunicorn_rc
diff --git a/docs/source/design.rst b/docs/source/design.rst
index 3711d79484..12ded84e28 100644
--- a/docs/source/design.rst
+++ b/docs/source/design.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ servers.
 This resource bound assumption is why we require a buffering proxy in front of a
 default configuration Gunicorn. If you exposed synchronous workers to the
 internet, a DOS attack would be trivial by creating a load that trickles data to
-the servers. For the curious, Slowloris_ is an example of this type of load.
+the servers. For the curious, Boom_ is an example of this type of load.
 
 Some examples of behavior requiring asynchronous workers:
 
@@ -126,5 +126,5 @@ the master process).
 .. _Greenlets: https://github.com/python-greenlet/greenlet
 .. _Eventlet: http://eventlet.net
 .. _Gevent: http://gevent.org
-.. _Slowloris: http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/
+.. _Boom: http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/
 .. _aiohttp: https://github.com/KeepSafe/aiohttp
diff --git a/docs/source/faq.rst b/docs/source/faq.rst
index 48b5a16414..4cf56e1c47 100644
--- a/docs/source/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/source/faq.rst
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ You can gracefully reload by sending HUP signal to gunicorn::
 How might I test a proxy configuration?
 ---------------------------------------
 
-The Slowloris_ script is a great way to test that your proxy is correctly
+The Boom_ program is a great way to test that your proxy is correctly
 buffering responses for the synchronous workers.
 
+    boom -n 10000 -c 100 http://127.0.0.1:5000/
+
+This runs a benchmark of 10000 requests with 100 running concurrently.
+
 How can I name processes?
 -------------------------
 
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ HTTP/1.0 with its upstream servers. If you want to deploy Gunicorn to
 handle unbuffered requests (ie, serving requests directly from the internet)
 you should use one of the async workers.
 
-.. _slowloris: http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/
+.. _Boom: https://github.com/rakyll/boom
 .. _setproctitle: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setproctitle
 .. _proc_name: settings.html#proc-name