diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/reboot.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/reboot.py
index b1465369fa9..fe22b92adb9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/reboot.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/reboot.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import time
 
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
-from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleConnectionFailure
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         'linux': '-r {delay_min} "{message}"',
         'freebsd': '-r +{delay_sec}s "{message}"',
         'sunos': '-y -g {delay_sec} -r "{message}"',
-        'darwin': '-r +{delay_min_macos} "{message}"',
+        'darwin': '-r +{delay_min} "{message}"',
         'openbsd': '-r +{delay_min} "{message}"',
     }
 
@@ -88,16 +88,11 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         if pre_reboot_delay < 0:
             pre_reboot_delay = 0
 
-        # Convert seconds to minutes for Linux. If less that 60, set it to 0 except for macOS which will
-        # sever the connection too quickly if set to 0, so set that to 1.
-        # We could simplify this by setting them both to 1, but I think of all the time that
-        # people will lose waiting for that extra 1 minute delay and want to give them their
-        # lives back.
+        # Convert seconds to minutes. If less that 60, set it to 0.
         delay_min = pre_reboot_delay // 60
-        delay_min_macos = delay_min | 1
         msg = self._task.args.get('msg', self.DEFAULT_REBOOT_MESSAGE)
 
-        shutdown_command_args = shutdown_command_args.format(delay_sec=pre_reboot_delay, delay_min=delay_min, delay_min_macos=delay_min_macos, message=msg)
+        shutdown_command_args = shutdown_command_args.format(delay_sec=pre_reboot_delay, delay_min=delay_min, message=msg)
 
         reboot_command = '%s %s' % (shutdown_command, shutdown_command_args)
         return reboot_command
@@ -187,7 +182,8 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
                     fail_sleep = max_fail_sleep + random_int
                 if action_desc:
-                    display.debug("{0}: {1} fail '{2}', retrying in {3:.4} seconds...".format(self._task.action, action_desc, to_text(e), fail_sleep))
+                    display.debug("{0}: {1} fail '{2}', retrying in {3:.4} seconds...".format(self._task.action, action_desc,
+                                                                                              to_text(e).splitlines()[-1], fail_sleep))
                 fail_count += 1
                 time.sleep(fail_sleep)
 
@@ -197,8 +193,17 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         display.debug("%s: rebooting server" % self._task.action)
 
         remote_command = self.construct_command()
-        reboot_result = self._low_level_execute_command(remote_command, sudoable=self.DEFAULT_SUDOABLE)
+
         result = {}
+        reboot_result = {}
+
+        try:
+            reboot_result = self._low_level_execute_command(remote_command, sudoable=self.DEFAULT_SUDOABLE)
+        except AnsibleConnectionFailure as e:
+            # If the connection is closed too quickly due to the system being shutdown, carry on
+            display.debug('%s: AnsibleConnectionFailure caught and handled: %s' % (self._task.action, to_native(e)))
+            reboot_result['rc'] = 0
+
         result['start'] = datetime.utcnow()
 
         if reboot_result['rc'] != 0:
@@ -230,11 +235,11 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             self.do_until_success_or_timeout(self.check_boot_time, reboot_timeout, action_desc="boot_time check")
 
             if connect_timeout:
-                # reset the connection to clear the custom connection timeout
                 try:
                     self._connection.set_option("connection_timeout", connect_timeout)
                     self._connection.reset()
                 except (AnsibleError, AttributeError) as e:
+                    # reset the connection to clear the custom connection timeout
                     display.debug("Failed to reset connection_timeout back to default: %s" % to_text(e))
 
             # finally run test command to ensure everything is working