diff --git a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/override_centos.py b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/override_centos.py
index db6cd6fba..8a20cfd72 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/override_centos.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/override_centos.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class CentOSConfigurator(configurator.ApacheConfigurator):
         logs_root="/var/log/httpd",
         version_cmd=['apachectl', '-v'],
         apache_cmd="apachectl",
-        restart_cmd=['apachectl', 'graceful'],
+        restart_cmd=['apachectl', 'restart'],
         conftest_cmd=['apachectl', 'configtest'],
         enmod=None,
         dismod=None,
diff --git a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/override_gentoo.py b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/override_gentoo.py
index 92f1d4a20..ed340493a 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/override_gentoo.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/override_gentoo.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class GentooConfigurator(configurator.ApacheConfigurator):
         logs_root="/var/log/apache2",
         version_cmd=['/usr/sbin/apache2', '-v'],
         apache_cmd="apache2ctl",
-        restart_cmd=['apache2ctl', 'graceful'],
+        restart_cmd=['apache2ctl', 'restart'],
         conftest_cmd=['apache2ctl', 'configtest'],
         enmod=None,
         dismod=None,