diff --git a/utils/redis_init_script b/utils/keydb_init_script
similarity index 64%
rename from utils/redis_init_script
rename to utils/keydb_init_script
index bee5545ef..56ec68ca8 100755
--- a/utils/redis_init_script
+++ b/utils/keydb_init_script
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# Simple Redis init.d script conceived to work on Linux systems
+# Simple KeyDB init.d script conceived to work on Linux systems
 # as it does use of the /proc filesystem.
 
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:     redis_6379
 # Default-Start:        2 3 4 5
 # Default-Stop:         0 1 6
-# Short-Description:    Redis data structure server
-# Description:          Redis data structure server. See https://redis.io
+# Short-Description:    KeyDB data structure server
+# Description:          KeyDB data structure server. See https://keydb.dev
 ### END INIT INFO
 
-REDISPORT=6379
+KEYDBPORT=6379
 EXEC=/usr/local/bin/keydb-server
 CLIEXEC=/usr/local/bin/keydb-cli
 
-PIDFILE=/var/run/redis_${REDISPORT}.pid
-CONF="/etc/redis/${REDISPORT}.conf"
+PIDFILE=/var/run/redis_${KEYDBPORT}.pid
+CONF="/etc/redis/${KEYDBPORT}.conf"
 
 case "$1" in
     start)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ case "$1" in
         then
                 echo "$PIDFILE exists, process is already running or crashed"
         else
-                echo "Starting Redis server..."
+                echo "Starting KeyDB server..."
                 $EXEC $CONF
         fi
         ;;
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ case "$1" in
         else
                 PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
                 echo "Stopping ..."
-                $CLIEXEC -p $REDISPORT shutdown
+                $CLIEXEC -p $KEYDBPORT shutdown
                 while [ -x /proc/${PID} ]
                 do
-                    echo "Waiting for Redis to shutdown ..."
+                    echo "Waiting for KeyDB to shutdown ..."
                     sleep 1
                 done
-                echo "Redis stopped"
+                echo "KeyDB stopped"
         fi
         ;;
     *)
diff --git a/utils/redis_init_script.tpl b/utils/keydb_init_script.tpl
similarity index 95%
rename from utils/redis_init_script.tpl
rename to utils/keydb_init_script.tpl
index 2e5b61301..67c5c6213 100755
--- a/utils/redis_init_script.tpl
+++ b/utils/keydb_init_script.tpl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ case "$1" in
         else
             PID=$(cat $PIDFILE)
             echo "Stopping ..."
-            $CLIEXEC -p $REDISPORT shutdown
+            $CLIEXEC -p $KeyDBPORT shutdown
             while [ -x /proc/${PID} ]
             do
                 echo "Waiting for Redis to shutdown ..."