diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 4573b4f6..b239e813 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@
     - "{{ nova_services['nova-compute']['group'] in group_names }}"
     - "{{ nova_services['nova-compute']['condition'] | default(true) }}"
 
-- name: Restart Nginx
+- name: Reload Nginx
   systemd:
     name: nginx
-    state: restarted
+    state: reloaded
   register: nova_nginx_restart
   until: nova_nginx_restart | success
   retries: 5
diff --git a/tasks/nova_placement_nginx.yml b/tasks/nova_placement_nginx.yml
index 1fa88589..3b18c8ef 100644
--- a/tasks/nova_placement_nginx.yml
+++ b/tasks/nova_placement_nginx.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     groups: nova
     append: yes
   notify:
-    - Restart Nginx
+    - Reload Nginx
   tags:
     - nova-install
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     path: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
     state: absent
   notify:
-    - Restart Nginx
+    - Reload Nginx
 
 - name: Configure custom nginx log format
   lineinfile:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     dest: "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf"
     line: "log_format custom '{{ nova_placement_nginx_access_log_format_combined }} {{ nova_placement_nginx_access_log_format_extras }}';"
   notify:
-    - Restart Nginx
+    - Reload Nginx
 
 # Configure app
 - name: Configure virtual hosts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     src: nova-placement-nginx.conf.j2
     dest: "/etc/nginx/{{ nova_nginx_conf_path }}/nova_placement_api.conf"
   notify:
-    - Restart Nginx
+    - Reload Nginx
 
 - name: Link to enable virtual hosts
   file:
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@
     state: link
   when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
   notify:
-    - Restart Nginx
+    - Reload Nginx