diff --git a/templates/init.erb b/templates/init.erb
index 1c1fdb28..fda3c462 100644
--- a/templates/init.erb
+++ b/templates/init.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+# Init file for Apache Kafka
+#
+# chkconfig: 35 85 15
+# description: Apache Kafka is a distributed publish-subscribe messaging system
+# pidfile: /var/run/kafka.pid
 
 NAME=kafka
 PID_FILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid