diff --git a/doc/source/devref/gmr.rst b/doc/source/devref/gmr.rst
index 3d0db39832a..a597b1906a4 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/gmr.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/gmr.rst
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ This report is called a *Guru Meditation Report* (*GMR* for short).
Generating a GMR
----------------
-A *GMR* can be generated by sending the *USR1* signal to any Cinder process
+A *GMR* can be generated by sending the *USR2* signal to any Cinder process
with support (see below).
The *GMR* will then be outputted standard error for that particular process.
For example, suppose that ``cinder-api`` has process id ``8675``, and was run
with ``2>/var/log/cinder/cinder-api-err.log``.
-Then, ``kill -USR1 8675`` will trigger the Guru Meditation report to be printed
+Then, ``kill -USR2 8675`` will trigger the Guru Meditation report to be printed
to ``/var/log/cinder/cinder-api-err.log``.
Structure of a GMR
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ Extending the GMR
As mentioned above, additional sections can be added to the GMR for a
particular executable. For more information, see the inline documentation
about oslo.reports:
-`oslo.reports `_
\ No newline at end of file
+`oslo.reports `_