diff --git a/docs/DOCKER_INSTALLATION_EN.md b/docs/DOCKER_INSTALLATION_EN.md
index 3dfff036..d233beba 100644
--- a/docs/DOCKER_INSTALLATION_EN.md
+++ b/docs/DOCKER_INSTALLATION_EN.md
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ monitor_certificates() {
         current_hash=$(calculate_hash)
         if [[ "$current_hash" != "$previous_hash" ]]; then
         # TODO: add an option to restart at a specific time interval 
-            echo "[INFO] Certificate's folder hash was changed, restarting nginx, dovecot and postfix services."
-            systemctl restart nginx.service
+            echo "[INFO] Certificate's folder hash was changed, reloading nginx, dovecot and postfix services."
+            systemctl reload nginx.service
             systemctl reload dovecot.service
             systemctl reload postfix.service
             previous_hash=$current_hash
diff --git a/docs/DOCKER_INSTALLATION_RU.md b/docs/DOCKER_INSTALLATION_RU.md
index e523a2aa..48939bcd 100644
--- a/docs/DOCKER_INSTALLATION_RU.md
+++ b/docs/DOCKER_INSTALLATION_RU.md
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ monitor_certificates() {
         current_hash=$(calculate_hash)
         if [[ "$current_hash" != "$previous_hash" ]]; then
         # TODO: add an option to restart at a specific time interval 
-            echo "[INFO] Certificate's folder hash was changed, restarting nginx, dovecot and postfix services."
-            systemctl restart nginx.service
+            echo "[INFO] Certificate's folder hash was changed, reloading nginx, dovecot and postfix services."
+            systemctl reload nginx.service
             systemctl reload dovecot.service
             systemctl reload postfix.service
             previous_hash=$current_hash