diff --git a/rattail_fabric2/apache.py b/rattail_fabric2/apache.py
index 455243c..5e1ee5b 100644
--- a/rattail_fabric2/apache.py
+++ b/rattail_fabric2/apache.py
@@ -146,18 +146,18 @@ def restart(c):
     """
     Restart the Apache web service
     """
-    c.sudo("service apache2 restart")
+    c.sudo('systemctl restart apache2.service')
 
 
 def stop(c):
     """
     Stop the Apache web service
     """
-    c.sudo("service apache2 stop")
+    c.sudo('systemctl stop apache2.service')
 
 
 def start(c):
     """
     Start the Apache web service
     """
-    c.sudo("service apache2 start")
+    c.sudo('systemctl start apache2.service')
diff --git a/rattail_fabric2/collectd.py b/rattail_fabric2/collectd.py
index 8521704..1528825 100644
--- a/rattail_fabric2/collectd.py
+++ b/rattail_fabric2/collectd.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def restart(c):
     """
     Restart the collectd service.
     """
-    c.sudo("service collectd restart")
+    c.sudo('systemctl restart collectd')
 
 
 def deploy_mountpoint_check_script(c, dest, **kwargs):
diff --git a/rattail_fabric2/mysql.py b/rattail_fabric2/mysql.py
index f3dc5df..f3b62aa 100644
--- a/rattail_fabric2/mysql.py
+++ b/rattail_fabric2/mysql.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def restart(c):
     """
     Restart the MySQL database service
     """
-    c.sudo("service mysql restart")
+    c.sudo('systemctl restart mysql.service')
 
 
 def user_exists(c, name, host='localhost'):
diff --git a/rattail_fabric2/nodejs.py b/rattail_fabric2/nodejs.py
index 7300311..c35999c 100644
--- a/rattail_fabric2/nodejs.py
+++ b/rattail_fabric2/nodejs.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ def install(c, version=None, user=None):
         c.sudo(f'touch {profile}')
         c.sudo(f'chown {user}: {profile}')
     append(c, profile, 'export NVM_DIR="{}"'.format(nvm), **kwargs)
-    append(c, profile, '[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \\. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"', **kwargs)
-    append(c, profile, '[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \\. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"', **kwargs)
+    append(c, profile, '[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"', **kwargs)
+    append(c, profile, '[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"', **kwargs)
 
     node = version or 'node'
     cmd = "bash -l -c 'nvm install {}'".format(node)
diff --git a/rattail_fabric2/postfix.py b/rattail_fabric2/postfix.py
index 1923c01..ed17d04 100644
--- a/rattail_fabric2/postfix.py
+++ b/rattail_fabric2/postfix.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def restart(c):
     """
     Restart the Postfix mail service
     """
-    c.sudo("service postfix restart")
+    c.sudo('systemctl restart postfix.service')
 
 
 def set_config(c, setting, value):
diff --git a/rattail_fabric2/postgresql.py b/rattail_fabric2/postgresql.py
index bc5f5ae..d524d78 100644
--- a/rattail_fabric2/postgresql.py
+++ b/rattail_fabric2/postgresql.py
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ def restart(c):
     """
     Restart the PostgreSQL database service
     """
-    c.sudo("service postgresql restart")
+    c.sudo('systemctl restart postgresql.service')
 
 
 def reload_(c):
     """
     Reload config for the PostgreSQL database service
     """
-    c.sudo("service postgresql reload")
+    c.sudo('systemctl reload postgresql.service')
 
 # TODO: deprecate / remove this
 reload = reload_
diff --git a/rattail_fabric2/ssh.py b/rattail_fabric2/ssh.py
index f42a6cd..6a88f48 100644
--- a/rattail_fabric2/ssh.py
+++ b/rattail_fabric2/ssh.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def restart(c):
     """
     Restart the OpenSSH service
     """
-    c.sudo("service ssh restart")
+    c.sudo('systemctl restart ssh.service')
 
 
 def configure(c, allow_root=False):
diff --git a/rattail_fabric2/util.py b/rattail_fabric2/util.py
index e74d168..50381cf 100644
--- a/rattail_fabric2/util.py
+++ b/rattail_fabric2/util.py
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ def is_win(c):
     """
     Return True if remote SSH server is running Windows, False otherwise.
 
-    The idea is based on echoing quoted text: \\*NIX systems will echo
-    quoted text only, while Windows echoes quotation marks as well.
+    The idea is based on echoing quoted text: \*NIX systems will echo quoted
+    text only, while Windows echoes quotation marks as well.
 
     .. note::
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def _expand_path(c, path):
     Return a path expansion
 
     E.g.    ~/some/path     ->  /home/myuser/some/path
-            /user/\\*/share  ->  /user/local/share
+            /user/\*/share   ->  /user/local/share
     More examples can be found here: http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_lts0080.php
 
     .. versionchanged:: 1.0
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ def sed(c, filename, before, after, limit='', use_sudo=False, backup='.bak',
     <filename>``. Setting ``backup`` to an empty string will, disable backup
     file creation.
 
-    For convenience, ``before`` and ``after`` will automatically
-    escape forward slashes, single quotes and parentheses for you, so
-    you don't need to specify e.g.  ``http:\\/\\/foo\\.com``, instead
-    just using ``http://foo\\.com`` is fine.
+    For convenience, ``before`` and ``after`` will automatically escape forward
+    slashes, single quotes and parentheses for you, so you don't need to
+    specify e.g.  ``http:\/\/foo\.com``, instead just using ``http://foo\.com``
+    is fine.
 
     If ``use_sudo`` is True, will use `sudo` instead of `run`.