diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d54153..0ff33ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -195,7 +195,29 @@ Allows you to stop the operation being retried. Useful for aborting the operatio
 
 #### retryOperation.reset()
 
-Resets the internal state of the operation object, so that you can call `attempt()` again as if this was a new operation object.
+Resets the internal state of the operation object. You can then call `retry()` (passing an error not required), and the entire operation will begin again as if it's the first attempt.
+
+```
+var operation = retry.operation();
+operation.attempt(function(currentAttempt) {
+    var err;
+    try{
+        doSomething(); 
+    }
+    catch(e){
+        e = err;
+    }
+
+    if (needToStartFromScratch()){
+        operation.reset();
+        operation.retry();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (operation.retry(err)) return; 
+});
+```
+
 
 #### retryOperation.attempts()
 
diff --git a/lib/retry_operation.js b/lib/retry_operation.js
index 1e56469..1740bdf 100644
--- a/lib/retry_operation.js
+++ b/lib/retry_operation.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ function RetryOperation(timeouts, options) {
   this._operationTimeoutCb = null;
   this._timeout = null;
   this._operationStart = null;
+  this._reset = false;
 
   if (this._options.forever) {
     this._cachedTimeouts = this._timeouts.slice(0);
@@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ function RetryOperation(timeouts, options) {
 module.exports = RetryOperation;
 
 RetryOperation.prototype.reset = function() {
-  this._attempts = 1;
-  this._timeouts = this._originalTimeouts;
+  this._attempts = 0;
+  this._timeouts = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this._originalTimeouts));
+  this._reset = true;
 }
 
 RetryOperation.prototype.stop = function() {
@@ -36,32 +38,37 @@ RetryOperation.prototype.stop = function() {
   this._cachedTimeouts = null;
 };
 
-RetryOperation.prototype.retry = function(err) {
+RetryOperation.prototype.retry = function(err, force) {
   if (this._timeout) {
     clearTimeout(this._timeout);
   }
-
-  if (!err) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  var currentTime = new Date().getTime();
-  if (err && currentTime - this._operationStart >= this._maxRetryTime) {
-    this._errors.unshift(new Error('RetryOperation timeout occurred'));
-    return false;
+  
+  if (this._reset){
+    this._reset = false;
   }
-
-  this._errors.push(err);
-
-  var timeout = this._timeouts.shift();
-  if (timeout === undefined) {
-    if (this._cachedTimeouts) {
-      // retry forever, only keep last error
-      this._errors.splice(this._errors.length - 1, this._errors.length);
-      this._timeouts = this._cachedTimeouts.slice(0);
-      timeout = this._timeouts.shift();
-    } else {
+  else{
+    if (!err) {
       return false;
     }
+    var currentTime = new Date().getTime();
+    if (err && currentTime - this._operationStart >= this._maxRetryTime) {
+      this._errors.unshift(new Error('RetryOperation timeout occurred'));
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    this._errors.push(err);
+
+    var timeout = this._timeouts.shift();
+    if (timeout === undefined) {
+      if (this._cachedTimeouts) {
+        // retry forever, only keep last error
+        this._errors.splice(this._errors.length - 1, this._errors.length);
+        this._timeouts = this._cachedTimeouts.slice(0);
+        timeout = this._timeouts.shift();
+      } else {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   var self = this;
diff --git a/test/integration/test-retry-operation.js b/test/integration/test-retry-operation.js
index e351bb6..a057cbc 100644
--- a/test/integration/test-retry-operation.js
+++ b/test/integration/test-retry-operation.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var retry = require(common.dir.lib + '/retry');
   var error = new Error('some error');
   var operation = retry.operation([1, 2, 3]);
   var attempts = 0;
+  var allAttempts = 0; 
 
   var finalCallback = fake.callback('finalCallback');
   fake.expectAnytime(finalCallback);
@@ -14,32 +15,31 @@ var retry = require(common.dir.lib + '/retry');
   var expectedFinishes = 1;
   var finishes         = 0;
 
-  var fn = function() {
-    operation.attempt(function(currentAttempt) {
-      attempts++;
-      assert.equal(currentAttempt, attempts);
-      if (operation.retry(error)) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      finishes++
-      assert.equal(expectedFinishes, finishes);
-      assert.strictEqual(attempts, 4);
-      assert.strictEqual(operation.attempts(), attempts);
-      assert.strictEqual(operation.mainError(), error);
-
-      if (finishes < 2) {
-        attempts = 0;
-        expectedFinishes++;
-        operation.reset();
-        fn()
-      } else {
-        finalCallback();
-      }
-    });
-  };
+  operation.attempt(function(currentAttempt) {
+    attempts++;
+    allAttempts++;
+    assert.equal(currentAttempt, attempts);
+
+    // perform a single reset after 2 attempts
+    if (attempts === 2 && allAttempts === 2) {
+      attempts = 0;
+      operation.reset();
+      operation.retry();
+      return;
+    } 
+
+    if (operation.retry(error)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    finishes++
+    assert.equal(expectedFinishes, finishes);
+    assert.strictEqual(allAttempts, 6);
+    assert.strictEqual(operation.attempts(), attempts);
+    assert.strictEqual(operation.mainError(), error);
+    finalCallback();
+  });
 
-  fn();
 })();
 
 (function testErrors() {