diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 44b4f3a5..0166f889 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 *SVN*
 
-* Make the touch command run by update_code set the TZ to UTC, for consistent setting of asset timestampes. [NeilW]
+* Make cold_deploy call update instead of deploy (to avoid invoking the restart task).
+
+* Make the touch command run by update_code set the TZ to UTC, for consistent setting of asset timestamps. [NeilW]
 
 * Fix off-by-one bug in show_tasks width-computation [NeilW]
 
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/recipes/standard.rb b/lib/capistrano/recipes/standard.rb
index 88953819..8e1c2266 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/recipes/standard.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/recipes/standard.rb
@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ task :spinner, :roles => :app do
 end
 
 desc <<-DESC
-Used only for deploying when the spinner isn't running. It invokes deploy,
+Used only for deploying when the spinner isn't running. It invokes 'update',
 and when it finishes it then invokes the spinner task (to start the spinner).
 DESC
 task :cold_deploy do
-  deploy
+  update
   spinner
 end