diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index affff4975..dc41a817c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - [LINUX] Support Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)
 - [LINUX] Support RHEL 9.4 instead of 9.3
+- [LINUX] Support hot reload with systemctl reload
 - [BUGFIX] Fix rare error when the cache is not properly initialized and jobs are executed
 - [BUGFIX] Fix bug when downloading new mmdb files
 - [BUGFIX] Remove potential false positives with ModSecurity on the jobs page of the web UI
diff --git a/docs/quickstart-guide.md b/docs/quickstart-guide.md
index b1898d3d8..98a7ceab5 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart-guide.md
+++ b/docs/quickstart-guide.md
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ You will find more settings about reverse proxy in the [settings section](settin
     systemctl status bunkerweb
     ```
 
-    If it's already running, we can restart it :
+    If it's already running, we can reload it :
 
     ```shell
-    systemctl restart bunkerweb
+    systemctl reload bunkerweb
     ```
 
     Otherwise, we will need to start it :
@@ -583,10 +583,10 @@ You will find more settings about reverse proxy in the [settings section](settin
     systemctl status bunkerweb
     ```
 
-    If it's already running, we can restart it :
+    If it's already running, we can reload it :
 
     ```shell
-    systemctl restart bunkerweb
+    systemctl reload bunkerweb
     ```
 
     Otherwise, we will need to start it :
@@ -710,7 +710,11 @@ REAL_IP_HEADER=X-Forwarded-For
     ...
     ```
 
-    Don't forget to restart the BunkerWeb service once it's done.
+    Please note that it's recommended to issue a restart instead of reload when configuring settings related to proxy protocols :
+
+    ```shell
+    systemctl restart bunkerweb
+    ```
 
 ### Proxy protocol
 
@@ -816,7 +820,11 @@ REAL_IP_HEADER=proxy_protocol
     ...
     ```
 
-    Don't forget to restart the BunkerWeb service once it's done.
+    Please note that it's recommended to issue a restart instead of reload when configuring settings related to proxy protocols :
+
+    ```shell
+    systemctl restart bunkerweb
+    ```
 
 ## Protect UDP/TCP applications
 
@@ -1076,7 +1084,23 @@ For complete list of settings regarding `stream` mode, please refer to the [sett
     ...
     ```
 
-    Don't forget to restart the BunkerWeb service once it's done.
+    Let's check the status of BunkerWeb :
+
+    ```shell
+    systemctl status bunkerweb
+    ```
+
+    If it's already running, we can reload it :
+
+    ```shell
+    systemctl reload bunkerweb
+    ```
+
+    Otherwise, we will need to start it :
+
+    ```shell
+    systemctl start bunkerweb
+    ```
 
 ## Custom configurations
 
@@ -1313,7 +1337,23 @@ Some integrations provide more convenient ways to apply configurations, such as
     chmod -R 770 /etc/bunkerweb/configs
     ```
 
-    Don't forget to restart the BunkerWeb service once it's done.
+    Let's check the status of BunkerWeb :
+
+    ```shell
+    systemctl status bunkerweb
+    ```
+
+    If it's already running, we can reload it :
+
+    ```shell
+    systemctl reload bunkerweb
+    ```
+
+    Otherwise, we will need to start it :
+
+    ```shell
+    systemctl start bunkerweb
+    ```
 
 ## PHP
 
@@ -1802,10 +1842,10 @@ BunkerWeb supports PHP using external or remote [PHP-FPM](https://www.php.net/ma
     systemctl status bunkerweb
     ```
 
-    If it's already running we can restart it :
+    If it's already running we can reload it :
 
     ```shell
-    systemctl restart bunkerweb
+    systemctl reload bunkerweb
     ```
 
     Otherwise, we will need to start it :
diff --git a/docs/web-ui.md b/docs/web-ui.md
index 7b2f37cbe..98ccff31a 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui.md
@@ -1607,8 +1607,8 @@ After a successful login/password combination, you will be prompted to enter you
     www.example.com_MAX_CLIENT_SIZE=50m
     ```
 
-    Don't forget to restart the `bunkerweb` service :
+    Don't forget to reload the `bunkerweb` service :
 
     ```shell
-    systemctl restart bunkerweb
+    systemctl reload bunkerweb
     ```