diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/bsd_rcconf_string_replace.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/bsd_rcconf_string_replace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1bacce1a09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/bsd_rcconf_string_replace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- service - Fix for the BSD rcconf code using a Python 2 specific string replace function
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/service.py b/lib/ansible/modules/service.py
index f4eb709735d..59cd7e8113f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/service.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/service.py
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ import platform
 import re
 import select
 import shlex
-import string
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import time
@@ -419,7 +418,7 @@ class Service(object):
 
             # Write out the contents of the list into our temporary file.
             for rcline in new_rc_conf:
-                os.write(TMP_RCCONF, rcline)
+                os.write(TMP_RCCONF, rcline.encode())
 
             # Close temporary file.
             os.close(TMP_RCCONF)
@@ -1116,7 +1115,7 @@ class DragonFlyBsdService(FreeBsdService):
             if os.path.isfile(rcfile):
                 self.rcconf_file = rcfile
 
-        self.rcconf_key = "%s" % string.replace(self.name, "-", "_")
+        self.rcconf_key = "%s" % self.name.replace("-", "_")
 
         return self.service_enable_rcconf()
 
@@ -1274,7 +1273,7 @@ class NetBsdService(Service):
     """
     This is the NetBSD Service manipulation class - it uses the /etc/rc.conf
     file for controlling services started at boot, check status and perform
-    direct service manipulation. Init scripts in /etc/rcd are used for
+    direct service manipulation. Init scripts in /etc/rc.d are used for
     controlling services (start/stop) as well as for controlling the current
     state.
     """
@@ -1304,7 +1303,7 @@ class NetBsdService(Service):
             if os.path.isfile(rcfile):
                 self.rcconf_file = rcfile
 
-        self.rcconf_key = "%s" % string.replace(self.name, "-", "_")
+        self.rcconf_key = "%s" % self.name.replace("-", "_")
 
         return self.service_enable_rcconf()