diff --git a/rst/modules/service.rst b/rst/modules/service.rst
index e9fab2cb06..f94f29d103 100644
--- a/rst/modules/service.rst
+++ b/rst/modules/service.rst
@@ -14,12 +14,19 @@ Controls services on remote machines.
 |                    |          |         | idempotent actions that will not run commands unless neccessary.           |
 |                    |          |         | 'restarted' will always bounce the service, 'reloaded' will always reload. |
 +--------------------+----------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| pattern            | no       |         | (new in 0.7) if the service does not respond to the status command,        |
+|                    |          |         | name a substring to look for as would be found in the output of the 'ps'   |
+|                    |          |         | command as a stand-in for a status result.  If the string is found, the    |
+|                    |          |         | service will be assumed to be running.                                     |
++--------------------+----------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | enabled            | no       |         | Whether the service should start on boot.  Either 'yes' or 'no'.           |
 +--------------------+----------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
-Example action from Ansible :doc:`playbooks`::
+Example actions from Ansible :doc:`playbooks`::
 
     service name=httpd state=started
     service name=httpd state=stopped
     service name=httpd state=restarted
     service name=httpd state=reloaded
+    service name=foo pattern=/usr/bin/foo state=started
+