diff --git a/playbooks/vhost-reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost-reboot.yml
index da4de5127d..f4d0e8bb61 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost-reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost-reboot.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
   tasks:
   - name: tell nagios to shush
-    action: nagios action=silence host=${inventory_hostname_short}
+    action: nagios action=downtime minutes=60 service=host host=$inventory_hostname
     delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 
   - name: echo-y
@@ -51,18 +51,13 @@
   - name: wait for them to die
     local_action: wait_for port=22 delay=30 timeout=300 state=stopped host=${inventory_hostname}
 
-  - name: tell nagios to unshush
-    action: nagios action=unsilence host=${inventory_hostname_short}
-    delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-
-
 - name: reboot vhost
   hosts: $target
   user: root
 
   tasks:
   - name: tell nagios to shush
-    action: nagios action=silence host=${inventory_hostname_short}
+    action: nagios action=downtime minutes=60 service=host host=$inventory_hostname
     delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 
   - name: halt -r the $target
@@ -71,10 +66,6 @@
   - name: wait for $target to come back - up to 6 minutes
     local_action: wait_for host=$target port=22 delay=120 timeout=420
 
-  - name: tell nagios to unshush
-    action: nagios action=unsilence host=${inventory_hostname_short}
-    delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-
   - name: look up vmlist
     action: virt command=list_vms
     register: newvmlist