diff --git a/doc/examples/systemd-user/dirmngr.service b/doc/examples/systemd-user/dirmngr.service
index c79dfc58a..ded533b2f 100644
--- a/doc/examples/systemd-user/dirmngr.service
+++ b/doc/examples/systemd-user/dirmngr.service
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ RefuseManualStart=true
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dirmngr --supervised
+ExecReload=/usr/bin/gpgconf --reload dirmngr
diff --git a/doc/examples/systemd-user/gpg-agent.service b/doc/examples/systemd-user/gpg-agent.service
index 9ab922081..e88dc7f5f 100644
--- a/doc/examples/systemd-user/gpg-agent.service
+++ b/doc/examples/systemd-user/gpg-agent.service
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ RefuseManualStart=true
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/gpg-agent --supervised
+ExecReload=/usr/bin/gpgconf --reload gpg-agent