diff --git a/caddy/restart.go b/caddy/restart.go
index 56c856160..cc16568f7 100644
--- a/caddy/restart.go
+++ b/caddy/restart.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ func init() {
 // work if executing with `go run`, since the binary is cleaned up
 // when `go run` sees the initial parent process exit.
 func Restart(newCaddyfile Input) error {
+	log.Println("[INFO] Restarting")
+
 	if newCaddyfile == nil {
 		caddyfileMu.Lock()
 		newCaddyfile = caddyfile
diff --git a/caddy/restart_windows.go b/caddy/restart_windows.go
index 18478f4bd..f179ba693 100644
--- a/caddy/restart_windows.go
+++ b/caddy/restart_windows.go
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package caddy
 
+import "log"
+
 // Restart restarts Caddy forcefully using newCaddyfile,
 // or, if nil, the current/existing Caddyfile is reused.
 func Restart(newCaddyfile Input) error {
+	log.Println("[INFO] Restarting")
+
 	if newCaddyfile == nil {
 		caddyfileMu.Lock()
 		newCaddyfile = caddyfile