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@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 #
 #  1. Install the package with pacman if not available in your system; to check
 #  if it's already installed look the pacman installed package list. Also, be
-#  sure the systemd service was properly loaded by checking
-#  'systemctl status kdumpst-init.service'.
+#  sure to properly enable/load the systemd service, since the services on Arch
+#  Linux do not autoload - for that, just run 'systemctl enable --now kdumpst-init.service'.
 #
 #  2. In a crash event, the dmesg log is collected, and by default this happens
 #  via the pstore mechanism, i.e., no crashkernel memory needs to be reserved