diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridgeless/ReactHost.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridgeless/ReactHost.java
index 54463778e1a..91746f68675 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridgeless/ReactHost.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridgeless/ReactHost.java
@@ -427,7 +427,8 @@ public class ReactHost implements ReactHostInterface {
    *     tap on reload button)
    * @return A task that completes when React Native reloads
    */
-  public Task<Void> reload(String reason) {
+  @Override
+  public TaskInterface<Void> reload(String reason) {
     final String method = "reload()";
     if (ReactFeatureFlags.enableBridgelessArchitectureNewCreateReloadDestroy) {
       return Task.call(
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/interfaces/ReactHostInterface.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/interfaces/ReactHostInterface.kt
index 3b01bf85f76..94a7def5dbb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/interfaces/ReactHostInterface.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/interfaces/ReactHostInterface.kt
@@ -82,5 +82,15 @@ interface ReactHostInterface {
    *   errors occur during initialization, and will be cancelled if ReactHost.destroy() is called
    *   before it completes.
    */
-  fun start(): TaskInterface<Void?>?
+  fun start(): TaskInterface<Void>
+
+  /**
+   * Entrypoint to reload the ReactInstance. If the ReactInstance is destroying, will wait until
+   * destroy is finished, before reloading.
+   *
+   * @param reason [String] describing why ReactHost is being reloaded (e.g. js error, user tap on
+   *   reload button)
+   * @return A task that completes when React Native reloads
+   */
+  fun reload(reason: String): TaskInterface<Void>
 }