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 Generating a GMR
 ----------------
 
-A *GMR* can be generated by sending the *USR1* signal to any Heat process with support (see below).  The *GMR* will then be outputted standard error for that particular process.
+A *GMR* can be generated by sending the *USR2* signal to any Heat process with support (see below).  The *GMR* will then be outputted standard error for that particular process.
 
-For example, suppose that ``heat-api`` has process id ``10172``, and was run with ``2>/var/log/heat/heat-api-err.log``.  Then, ``kill -USR1 10172`` will trigger the Guru Meditation report to be printed to ``/var/log/heat/heat-api-err.log``.
+For example, suppose that ``heat-api`` has process id ``10172``, and was run with ``2>/var/log/heat/heat-api-err.log``.  Then, ``kill -USR2 10172`` will trigger the Guru Meditation report to be printed to ``/var/log/heat/heat-api-err.log``.
 
 Structure of a GMR
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