diff --git a/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md b/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md
index c1da5453e..6120c779e 100644
--- a/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md
+++ b/Documentation/Reference/MaxAdmin.md
@@ -520,6 +520,10 @@ The status bit that can be controlled are
     <td>maintenance</td>
     <td>The server is in maintenance mode. In this mode no new connections will be established to the server. The monitors will also not monitor servers that are in maintenance mode.</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>stale</td>
+    <td>The server is a stale master server. Read [MySQL Monitor](../Monitors/MySQL-Monitor.md) documentation for more details.</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 
diff --git a/server/core/server.c b/server/core/server.c
index 8de58eb5d..1517c566f 100644
--- a/server/core/server.c
+++ b/server/core/server.c
@@ -990,6 +990,7 @@ static struct
     { "ndb",         SERVER_NDB },
     { "maintenance", SERVER_MAINT },
     { "maint",       SERVER_MAINT },
+    { "stale",       SERVER_STALE_STATUS },
     { NULL,          0 }
 };