diff --git a/scripts/gateway-watchdog.sh b/scripts/gateway-watchdog.sh
index 33cff2c..e6e97ae 100755
--- a/scripts/gateway-watchdog.sh
+++ b/scripts/gateway-watchdog.sh
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ if ! $HEALTH_CMD &>/dev/null; then
     cooldown_ts=$(($(date +%s) + COOLDOWN))
     state_write "$local_ts" "health_fail" "$cooldown_ts"
     log_restart "health_fail" "Gateway health check failed" 0 0 0
-    log "Gateway restart completed (reason: health_fail)"
+    log "Gateway restart attempted (reason: health_fail)"
     exit 0
 fi