diff --git a/doc/examples/systemd-user/dirmngr.service b/doc/examples/systemd-user/dirmngr.service
index ded533b2f..2a7c76ea1 100644
--- a/doc/examples/systemd-user/dirmngr.service
+++ b/doc/examples/systemd-user/dirmngr.service
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ Description=GnuPG network certificate management daemon
 Documentation=man:dirmngr(8)
 Requires=dirmngr.socket
 After=dirmngr.socket
-## This is a socket-activated service:
-RefuseManualStart=true
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dirmngr --supervised
diff --git a/doc/examples/systemd-user/gpg-agent.service b/doc/examples/systemd-user/gpg-agent.service
index e88dc7f5f..a909f0b4e 100644
--- a/doc/examples/systemd-user/gpg-agent.service
+++ b/doc/examples/systemd-user/gpg-agent.service
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ Description=GnuPG cryptographic agent and passphrase cache
 Documentation=man:gpg-agent(1)
 Requires=gpg-agent.socket
 After=gpg-agent.socket
-## This is a socket-activated service:
-RefuseManualStart=true
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/gpg-agent --supervised