diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.conf b/contrib/init/bitcoind.conf
index dde1bd0c4d..ccd036c4e5 100644
--- a/contrib/init/bitcoind.conf
+++ b/contrib/init/bitcoind.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-description "Bitcoin Core Daemon"
+description "Bitcoin Knots Daemon"
 
 start on runlevel [2345]
 stop on starting rc RUNLEVEL=[016]
diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.init b/contrib/init/bitcoind.init
index 19e1f76d09..367b6cd741 100644
--- a/contrib/init/bitcoind.init
+++ b/contrib/init/bitcoind.init
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-#  bitcoind The bitcoin core server.
+#  bitcoind The Bitcoin Knots server.
 #
 #
 # chkconfig: 345 80 20
diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc b/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc
index 013a1a6070..4133903be1 100644
--- a/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc
+++ b/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ BITCOIND_BIN=${BITCOIND_BIN:-/usr/bin/bitcoind}
 BITCOIND_NICE=${BITCOIND_NICE:-${NICELEVEL:-0}}
 BITCOIND_OPTS="${BITCOIND_OPTS:-${BITCOIN_OPTS}}"
 
-name="Bitcoin Core Daemon"
+name="Bitcoin Knots Daemon"
 description="Bitcoin cryptocurrency P2P network daemon"
 
 command="/usr/bin/bitcoind"