diff --git a/docs/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.xml b/docs/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.xml
index 8a7247a22..cac57573f 100644
--- a/docs/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.xml
+++ b/docs/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.xml
@@ -190,6 +190,15 @@
     <filename>/sbin/shorewall</filename> (or
     <filename>/sbin/shorewall-lite</filename>) and your init scripts unless
     you got your Shorewall package from shorewall.net.</para>
+
+    <para><emphasis role="bold">Update:</emphasis><blockquote>
+        <para>In Shorewall 4.4.0 and later, the tarballs from shorewall.net
+        follow the Debian convention when installed on a Debian or Ubuntu
+        system. Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.10, you can revert to the prior
+        behavior by setting SAFESTOP=1 in
+        <filename>/etc/default/shorewall</filename>,
+        <filename>/etc/default/shorewall6</filename>, etc.</para>
+      </blockquote></para>
   </section>
 
   <section id="Trace">