diff --git a/docs/setup/install/brew-running.asciidoc b/docs/setup/install/brew-running.asciidoc
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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+==== Running Kibana with `brew services`
+
+With Homebrew, Kibana can be started and stopped as follows: 
+
+[source,sh]
+--------------------------------------------------
+brew services start elastic/tap/kibana-full
+brew services stop elastic/tap/kibana-full
+--------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/setup/start-stop.asciidoc b/docs/setup/start-stop.asciidoc
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@@ -46,4 +46,12 @@ include::install/init-systemd.asciidoc[]
 include::install/rpm-init.asciidoc[]
 
 [float]
-include::install/systemd.asciidoc[]
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+include::install/systemd.asciidoc[]
+
+[float]
+=== Homebrew packages
+
+If you installed {kib} with the Elastic Homebrew formulae, you can start and stop {kib} from the command line using `brew services`.
+
+[float]
+include::install/brew-running.asciidoc[]