diff --git a/oslo_reports/guru_meditation_report.py b/oslo_reports/guru_meditation_report.py
index 85b1869..f499ec1 100644
--- a/oslo_reports/guru_meditation_report.py
+++ b/oslo_reports/guru_meditation_report.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Then, you can do
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   $ kill -USR1 $SERVICE_PID
+   $ kill -USR2 $SERVICE_PID
 
 and get a Guru Meditation Report in the file or terminal
 where stderr is logged for that given service.
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ class GuruMeditation(object):
         :param conf: Configuration object, managed by the caller.
         """
 
-        if not signum and hasattr(signal, 'SIGUSR1'):
-            # SIGUSR1 is not supported on all platforms
-            signum = signal.SIGUSR1
+        if not signum and hasattr(signal, 'SIGUSR2'):
+            # SIGUSR2 is not supported on all platforms
+            signum = signal.SIGUSR2
 
         if signum:
             if log_dir is None and conf is not None:
diff --git a/oslo_reports/tests/test_guru_meditation_report.py b/oslo_reports/tests/test_guru_meditation_report.py
index ed836e7..964bac7 100644
--- a/oslo_reports/tests/test_guru_meditation_report.py
+++ b/oslo_reports/tests/test_guru_meditation_report.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class TestGuruMeditationReport(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.old_stderr = sys.stderr
         sys.stderr = six.StringIO()
 
-        os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGUSR1)
+        os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGUSR2)
         self.assertIn('Guru Meditation', sys.stderr.getvalue())
 
     @mock.patch('oslo_utils.timeutils.utcnow',
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class TestGuruMeditationReport(base.BaseTestCase):
         gmr.TextGuruMeditation.setup_autorun(
             FakeVersionObj(), "fake-service", log_dir)
 
-        os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGUSR1)
+        os.kill(os.getpid(), signal.SIGUSR2)
         with open(os.path.join(
                 log_dir, "fake-service_gurumeditation_20140101120000")) as df:
             self.assertIn('Guru Meditation', df.read())