diff --git a/website/content/docs/cli/halt.mdx b/website/content/docs/cli/halt.mdx
index a8fdb4075..dcb16a13d 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/cli/halt.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/cli/halt.mdx
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@ Vagrant will first attempt to gracefully shut down the machine by running
 the guest OS shutdown mechanism. If this fails, or if the `--force` flag is
 specified, Vagrant will effectively just shut off power to the machine.
 
-For linux-based guests, Vagrant uses the `shutdown` command to gracefully
-terminate the machine. Due to the varying nature of operating systems, the
-`shutdown` command may exist at many different locations in the guest's `$PATH`.
+For linux-based guests, Vagrant will:
+
+1. Attempt to detect and use Systemd to execute `systemctl poweroff`; but otherwise,
+2. Fallback to using the `shutdown` command to gracefully
+terminate the machine.
+
+Due to the varying nature of operating systems, these executables may exist at many 
+different locations in the guest's `$PATH`.
 It is the guest machine's responsibility to properly populate the `$PATH` with
 directory containing the `shutdown` command.