diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2906006..f687fcd 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Released 2.4.46 2017-11-xx
 Changes since 2.4.45:
 
 Lib/
-* 
+* slapdtest.SlapdObject.restart() just restarts slapd
+  without cleaning any data
 
 Tests/
 * 
diff --git a/Lib/slapdtest.py b/Lib/slapdtest.py
index 8346040..5c4a83f 100644
--- a/Lib/slapdtest.py
+++ b/Lib/slapdtest.py
@@ -285,7 +285,9 @@ def start(self):
             )
 
     def stop(self):
-        """Stops the slapd server, and waits for it to terminate"""
+        """
+        Stops the slapd server, and waits for it to terminate and cleans up
+        """
         if self._proc is not None:
             self._log.debug('stopping slapd with pid %d', self._proc.pid)
             self._proc.terminate()
@@ -294,11 +296,11 @@ def stop(self):
 
     def restart(self):
         """
-        Restarts the slapd server; ERASING previous content.
-        Starts the server even it if isn't already running.
+        Restarts the slapd server with same data
         """
-        self.stop()
-        self.start()
+        self._proc.terminate()
+        self.wait()
+        self._start_slapd()
 
     def wait(self):
         """Waits for the slapd process to terminate by itself."""
@@ -309,7 +311,7 @@ def wait(self):
     def _stopped(self):
         """Called when the slapd server is known to have terminated"""
         if self._proc is not None:
-            self._log.info('slapd terminated')
+            self._log.info('slapd[%d] terminated', self._proc.pid)
             self._proc = None
 
     def _cli_auth_args(self):