diff --git a/install/systemd/sbbs.service b/install/systemd/sbbs.service
index ebd8df0c7754de39e84fe82b373dc740a3ea0b01..d438fd52ff7648e47cef023911e8090d0a93891b 100644
--- a/install/systemd/sbbs.service
+++ b/install/systemd/sbbs.service
@@ -1,31 +1,30 @@
-# Synchronet BBS startup file - Setup instructions
+# Synchronet BBS systemd 'unit configuration' file
 #
-# 1. Modify the environment variables to match your SBBS setup
-# 2. Modify User and Group. If you run this as root you don't need
-# the ExecStartPre line.
-# 3. Modify the ExecStart and ExecStartPre paths to match your
-# Synchronet setup.
-# 4. Place this file in the correct location. For Ubuntu 16.04
-# you should place it in /lib/systemd/system
-# 5. Enable the service with "systemctl enable sbbs"
-# 6. To run the service without restarting "systemctl start sbbs"
+# 1. Copy this file to the correct directory
+#    e.g. for Debian/Ubuntu Linux, that would be: /lib/systemd/system
+# 2. If necessary, modify the SBBSCTRL environment variable value to match your install
+# 3. If necessary, modify the User and Group values to match your install
+# 4. If necessary, modify the path in the ExecStart value to match your install
+# 5. Enable the BBS service by running "systemctl enable sbbs"
+# 6. To run the BBS service without rebooting, run "systemctl start sbbs"
 
 [Unit]
-Description=Synchronet BBS service
-Documentation=man:sbbs
+Description=Synchronet BBS
+Documentation=http://wiki.synchro.net/
 After=syslog.target network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-Environment=SBBSROOT=/sbbs SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
+NotifyAccess=main
+Environment=SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
 User=sbbs
 Group=sbbs
-PermissionsStartOnly=true
-# ExecStartPre=/sbin/setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /sbbs/src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.*.exe.*/sbbs
+AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
 ExecStart=/sbbs/exec/sbbs d
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=30
+LimitNOFILE=10000
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target