diff --git a/doc/howtos/backend.rst b/doc/howtos/backend.rst
index 1fca4d151fc..8d89e22eb2a 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/backend.rst
+++ b/doc/howtos/backend.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 Backend
 =======
 
-Build an Odoo module
-====================
+Start/Stop the Odoo server
+==========================
 
 Odoo uses a client/server architecture in which clients are web browsers
 accessing the odoo server via RPC.
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ Business logic and extension is generally performed on the server side,
 although supporting client features (e.g. new data representation such as
 interactive maps) can be added to the client.
 
+In order to start the server, simply invoke the command :ref:`odoo.py
+<reference/cmdline>` in the shell from the Odoo main directory:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    ./odoo.py
+
+The server is stopped by hitting ``Ctrl-C`` twice from the terminal, or by
+killing the corresponding OS process.
+
+Build an Odoo module
+====================
+
 Both server and client extensions are packaged as *modules* which are
 optionally loaded in a *database*.
 
@@ -93,11 +106,12 @@ might contain::
     import mymodule
 
 Fortunately, there is a mechanism to help you set up an module. The command
-``odoo.py`` has a subcommand ``scaffold`` to create an empty module:
+``odoo.py`` has a subcommand :ref:`scaffold <reference/cmdline/scaffold>` to
+create an empty module:
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    odoo.py scaffold <module name> <where to put it>
+    ./odoo.py scaffold <module name> <where to put it>
 
 The command creates a subdirectory for your module, and automatically creates a
 bunch of standard files for a module. Most of them simply contain commented code
diff --git a/doc/reference/cmdline.rst b/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
index dcedbe03eba..5999f9fa1ad 100644
--- a/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/cmdline.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. _reference/cmdline:
 
 ===============================
-Command-line interface: oodo.py
+Command-line interface: odoo.py
 ===============================
 
 .. _reference/cmdline/server: