diff --git a/pkg/logstash.default b/pkg/logstash.default
index c34151467..6203bc72f 100644
--- a/pkg/logstash.default
+++ b/pkg/logstash.default
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Set a home directory
 #LS_HOME=/var/lib/logstash
 
-# Arguments to pass to logstash agent
+# Arguments to pass to logstash
 #LS_OPTS=""
 
 # Arguments to pass to java
diff --git a/pkg/logstash.upstart.ubuntu b/pkg/logstash.upstart.ubuntu
index f253840ec..a734901fa 100644
--- a/pkg/logstash.upstart.ubuntu
+++ b/pkg/logstash.upstart.ubuntu
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# logstash - agent instance
+# logstash instance
 #
 
-description     "logstash agent"
+description     "logstash"
 
 start on virtual-filesystems
 stop on runlevel [06]