diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 3251ddc41..25d3c522b 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ def config_pgbouncer():
         run('sleep 2')
     sudo('/etc/init.d/pgbouncer start', pty=False)
 
+@parallel
 def kill_pgbouncer(bounce=True):
     # sudo('su postgres -c "/etc/init.d/pgbouncer stop"', pty=False)
     with settings(warn_only=True):
diff --git a/templates/maintenance_off.html b/templates/maintenance_off.html
index 8d2e931a4..84cf79e42 100644
--- a/templates/maintenance_off.html
+++ b/templates/maintenance_off.html
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
                         <img src="/media/img/logo_512.png" class="logo">
                         <h1>NewsBlur is in <span class="error404">maintenance mode</span></h1>
                         <div class="description">
-                            <p>Switching to an even bigger Redis server to handle the increased load from the new dashboard river.</p>
+                            <p>Upgrading the Postgresql and Redis servers. Why not do both at once? This should take about 5 minutes, hopefully less if all goes well.</p>
                             <p>To pass the time, <a href="http://mlkshk.com/popular">check out what's popular on MLKSHK</a>.</p>
                         </div>
                     </div>