diff --git a/admin-guide/configuration/monitoring/icinga2.md b/admin-guide/configuration/monitoring/icinga2.md
index c72f552c..b4d147cb 100644
--- a/admin-guide/configuration/monitoring/icinga2.md
+++ b/admin-guide/configuration/monitoring/icinga2.md
@@ -209,20 +209,23 @@ Here the warning is below 180 days and below 30 days is critical by default.
 
 ### Check for Systemd Service Status
 
-To check if a daemon or service has been successfully started by systemd configure:
+To check if a daemon or service has been successfully started by `systemd` configure:
 
 
 ```
-icinga2::additional_server_role:
-  - 'service-active'
-
-icinga2::service_check::customize:
-  'Service Active':
-    service_names:
-      - 'xrdp'
-      - 'xrdp-sesman'
+icinga2::custom_service:
+  'XRDP Active':
+     template: 'st-agent-awi-lx-service-active'
+     vars:
+       criticality: 'A'
+       service_names:
+        - 'xrdp'
+        - 'xrdp-sesman'
 ```
+The name (here `XRDP Active`) needs to be unique over all Icinga "services" of a single host.
+The `service_names` variable needs to contain one or more name of `systemd` services to be monitored.
 
+You can create multiple of these checks.
 
 ### External Connection Checks (Active Checks)