From 1ea86bc66a882c7a69f6e450052e999babd558bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Price <pricechild@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:14:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify state=reloaded will start service

---
 lib/ansible/modules/system/service.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/service.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/service.py
index b1cb289b49f..6e8406e43f2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/service.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/service.py
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ options:
           - C(started)/C(stopped) are idempotent actions that will not run
             commands unless necessary.  C(restarted) will always bounce the
             service.  C(reloaded) will always reload. B(At least one of state
-            and enabled are required.)
+            and enabled are required.) Note that reloaded will start the
+            service if it is not already started, even if your chosen init
+            system wouldn't normally.
     sleep:
         required: false
         version_added: "1.3"