diff --git a/service b/service
index 5fb3f1e9e1a..7c1da7972e7 100644
--- a/service
+++ b/service
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ def main():
     else:
         # as we may have just bounced the service the service command may not
         # report accurate state at this moment so just show what we ran
-        if service.module.params['state'] in ['started','restarted']:
+        if service.module.params['state'] in ['started','restarted','running']:
             result['state'] = 'started'
         else:
             result['state'] = 'stopped'