diff --git a/packages/chat-headless/docs/chat-headless.chatheadless.md b/packages/chat-headless/docs/chat-headless.chatheadless.md
index 5d9032f..94db4c2 100644
--- a/packages/chat-headless/docs/chat-headless.chatheadless.md
+++ b/packages/chat-headless/docs/chat-headless.chatheadless.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export interface ChatHeadless
 |  [getNextMessage(text, source)](./chat-headless.chatheadless.getnextmessage.md) | Performs a Chat API request for the next message generated by chat bot using the conversation state (e.g. message history and notes). Update the state with the response data. |
 |  [initLocalStorage()](./chat-headless.chatheadless.initlocalstorage.md) | Loads the [ConversationState](./chat-headless.conversationstate.md) from local storage, if present, and adds a listener to keep the conversation state in sync with the stored state |
 |  [report(eventPayload)](./chat-headless.chatheadless.report.md) | Send Chat related analytics event to Yext Analytics API. |
-|  [restartConversation()](./chat-headless.chatheadless.restartconversation.md) | Resets all fields within [ConversationState](./chat-headless.conversationstate.md) and the agent session, if one exists. |
+|  [restartConversation()](./chat-headless.chatheadless.restartconversation.md) | <p>Resets all fields within the [ConversationState](./chat-headless.conversationstate.md)<!-- -->, and sets the active client to the <code>bot</code> client, if one was provided when constructing the [ChatHeadless](./chat-headless.chatheadless.md) instance.</p><p>If a [ChatEventClient](./chat-headless.chateventclient.md) is currently active before reset, that client's <code>resetSession</code> method is called.</p> |
 |  [setCanSendMessage(canSendMessage)](./chat-headless.chatheadless.setcansendmessage.md) | Sets [ConversationState.canSendMessage](./chat-headless.conversationstate.cansendmessage.md) to the specified state |
 |  [setChatLoadingStatus(isLoading)](./chat-headless.chatheadless.setchatloadingstatus.md) | Sets [ConversationState.isLoading](./chat-headless.conversationstate.isloading.md) to the specified loading state |
 |  [setContext(context)](./chat-headless.chatheadless.setcontext.md) | Sets [MetaState.context](./chat-headless.metastate.context.md) to the specified context. |
diff --git a/packages/chat-headless/docs/chat-headless.chatheadless.restartconversation.md b/packages/chat-headless/docs/chat-headless.chatheadless.restartconversation.md
index c3c61c6..42edde7 100644
--- a/packages/chat-headless/docs/chat-headless.chatheadless.restartconversation.md
+++ b/packages/chat-headless/docs/chat-headless.chatheadless.restartconversation.md
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 ## ChatHeadless.restartConversation() method
 
-Resets all fields within [ConversationState](./chat-headless.conversationstate.md) and the agent session, if one exists.
+Resets all fields within the [ConversationState](./chat-headless.conversationstate.md)<!-- -->, and sets the active client to the `bot` client, if one was provided when constructing the [ChatHeadless](./chat-headless.chatheadless.md) instance.
+
+If a [ChatEventClient](./chat-headless.chateventclient.md) is currently active before reset, that client's `resetSession` method is called.
 
 **Signature:**
 
diff --git a/packages/chat-headless/src/ChatHeadlessImpl.ts b/packages/chat-headless/src/ChatHeadlessImpl.ts
index 8d90762..e5aaa5a 100644
--- a/packages/chat-headless/src/ChatHeadlessImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/chat-headless/src/ChatHeadlessImpl.ts
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ export class ChatHeadlessImpl implements ChatHeadless {
   restartConversation() {
     if (isChatEventClient(this.chatClient)) {
       this.chatClient.resetSession();
-      this.chatClient = this.botClient;
     }
+    this.chatClient = this.botClient;
 
     this.setConversationId(undefined);
     this.setChatLoadingStatus(false);
diff --git a/packages/chat-headless/src/models/ChatHeadless.ts b/packages/chat-headless/src/models/ChatHeadless.ts
index c04384e..7d1ce6f 100644
--- a/packages/chat-headless/src/models/ChatHeadless.ts
+++ b/packages/chat-headless/src/models/ChatHeadless.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,12 @@ export interface ChatHeadless {
    */
   initLocalStorage(): void;
   /**
-   * Resets all fields within {@link ConversationState} and the agent session, if one exists.
+   * Resets all fields within the {@link ConversationState}, and sets the active
+   * client to the `bot` client, if one was provided when constructing the
+   * {@link ChatHeadless} instance.
+   *
+   * If a {@link ChatEventClient} is currently active before reset, that client's
+   * `resetSession` method is called.
    *
    * @public
    */