diff --git a/man/machinectl.xml b/man/machinectl.xml
index c1c7ab3d458..0fe6150baed 100644
--- a/man/machinectl.xml
+++ b/man/machinectl.xml
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@
         trigger a reboot by sending SIGINT to the container's init
         process, which is roughly equivalent to pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del
         on a non-containerized system, and is compatible with
-        containers running any system manager.</para>
+        containers running any system manager. Use <command>restart</command> as alias 
+        for <command>reboot</command>.</para>
 
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v209"/></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/machine/machinectl.c b/src/machine/machinectl.c
index 4089ed2c75d..e1bc9324439 100644
--- a/src/machine/machinectl.c
+++ b/src/machine/machinectl.c
@@ -2945,6 +2945,7 @@ static int machinectl_main(int argc, char *argv[], sd_bus *bus) {
                 { "show-image",      VERB_ANY, VERB_ANY, 0,            show_image        },
                 { "terminate",       2,        VERB_ANY, 0,            terminate_machine },
                 { "reboot",          2,        VERB_ANY, 0,            reboot_machine    },
+                { "restart",         2,        VERB_ANY, 0,            reboot_machine    }, /* Convenience alias */
                 { "poweroff",        2,        VERB_ANY, 0,            poweroff_machine  },
                 { "stop",            2,        VERB_ANY, 0,            poweroff_machine  }, /* Convenience alias */
                 { "kill",            2,        VERB_ANY, 0,            kill_machine      },