diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 07890d4252..7c26d569f7 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
   serial: 1
 
   tasks:
-  - name: tell nagios to shush
-    action: nagios action=downtime minutes=60 service=host host=$inventory_hostname
+  - name: schedule host downtime
+    action: nagios action=downtime minutes=15 service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}
     delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
     ignore_errors: true