diff --git a/playbooks/roles/letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/restart_apache.yaml b/playbooks/roles/letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/restart_apache.yaml
index 6b643ad236..1359792304 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/restart_apache.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/letsencrypt-create-certs/handlers/restart_apache.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 - name: Populate service facts
   service_facts:
 
-- name: Restart apache
+- name: Reload apache
   service:
     name: apache2
-    state: restarted
-  when: "'apache2' in ansible_facts.services"
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+    state: reloaded
+  when: "'apache2' in ansible_facts.services"