diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 3171a4d5..3f72557e 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ hive-c0re/         host daemon + sibling operator CLI (lib + 2 bins)
                          `/var/lib/hyperhive/gateway/agents.conf` (one
                          `location /agent/<n>/` block per agent, UDS or
                          TCP upstream) on every topology change; calls
-                         `systemd-run --machine=hive-gateway` to reload
+                         `systemctl -M hive-gateway reload nginx` to reload
                          nginx. Idempotent — skips write + reload when
                          the file content would not change.
   src/priv_client.rs    async client for the `hive-priv` privileged-