diff --git a/modules/rhel-compute-updating.adoc b/modules/rhel-compute-updating.adoc
index 0bd1f4ec19..4dfb614358 100644
--- a/modules/rhel-compute-updating.adoc
+++ b/modules/rhel-compute-updating.adoc
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ your RHEL machines and the `upgrade` playbook.
 . Stop and disable firewalld on the host:
 +
 ----
-# systemctl disable firewalld.service
-# systemctl stop firewalld.service
+# systemctl disable --now firewalld.service
 ----
 +
 [NOTE]
diff --git a/modules/rhel-preparing-node.adoc b/modules/rhel-preparing-node.adoc
index c92ac788c8..2aa4a0f68f 100644
--- a/modules/rhel-preparing-node.adoc
+++ b/modules/rhel-preparing-node.adoc
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ Note that this might take a few minutes if you have a large number of available
 . Stop and disable firewalld on the host:
 +
 ----
-# systemctl disable firewalld.service
-# systemctl stop firewalld.service
+# systemctl disable --now firewalld.service
 ----
 +
 [NOTE]