diff --git a/Documentation/Tutorials/REST-API-Tutorial.md b/Documentation/Tutorials/REST-API-Tutorial.md
index 7eaa0d2f1..2e9468eaa 100644
--- a/Documentation/Tutorials/REST-API-Tutorial.md
+++ b/Documentation/Tutorials/REST-API-Tutorial.md
@@ -317,11 +317,26 @@ In our example we are linking the `server1` server to the `RW-Split-Router`
 service. As was seen with the previous example, the easiest way to do this is to
 store the result, edit it and then send it back with a HTTP PATCH.
 
-If we want to remove a server from _all_ services, we can set the
-`relationships` field to `{}`. The REST API interprets this as an instruction
-to remove the server from all services and monitors. This is useful if you want
-to delete the server which can only be done if it has no relationships to other
-objects.
+If we want to remove a server from _all_ services and monitors, we can set the
+`data` member of the `services` and `monitors` relationships to an empty array:
+
+```
+{
+    "data": {
+        "relationships": {
+            "services": {
+                "data": []
+            },
+            "monitors": {
+                "data": []
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+```
+
+This is useful if you want to delete the server which can only be done if it has
+no relationships to other objects.
 
 ## Deleting Objects
 
@@ -333,6 +348,9 @@ following command.
 curl -X DELETE 127.0.0.1:8989/v1/servers/server1
 ```
 
+In order to delete an object, it must not have any relationships to other
+objects.
+
 ## Further Reading
 
 The full list of all available endpoints in MaxScale can be found in the
diff --git a/system-test/maxtest/include/maxtest/mariadb_func.hh b/system-test/maxtest/include/maxtest/mariadb_func.hh
index 0d76c5f00..46fee8475 100644
--- a/system-test/maxtest/include/maxtest/mariadb_func.hh
+++ b/system-test/maxtest/include/maxtest/mariadb_func.hh
@@ -305,19 +305,13 @@ public:
         mysql_close(m_conn);
     }
 
-    bool connect()
+    void ssl(bool value)
     {
-        mysql_close(m_conn);
-        m_conn = mysql_init(NULL);
-
-        // MXS-2568: This fixes mxs1828_double_local_infile
-        mysql_optionsv(m_conn, MYSQL_OPT_LOCAL_INFILE, (void*)"1");
-
-        return mysql_real_connect(m_conn, m_host.c_str(), m_user.c_str(), m_pw.c_str(), m_db.c_str(), m_port,
-                                  NULL, CLIENT_MULTI_STATEMENTS)
-               && mysql_errno(m_conn) == 0;
+        m_ssl = value;
     }
 
+    bool connect();
+
     void disconnect()
     {
         mysql_close(m_conn);
diff --git a/system-test/maxtest/src/mariadb_func.cc b/system-test/maxtest/src/mariadb_func.cc
index 5fe57380b..a899fcca3 100644
--- a/system-test/maxtest/src/mariadb_func.cc
+++ b/system-test/maxtest/src/mariadb_func.cc
@@ -604,3 +604,21 @@ int get_int_version(std::string version)
     str >> major >> dot >> minor >> dot >> patch;
     return major * 10000 + minor * 100 + patch;
 }
+
+bool Connection::connect()
+{
+    mysql_close(m_conn);
+    m_conn = mysql_init(NULL);
+
+    // MXS-2568: This fixes mxs1828_double_local_infile
+    mysql_optionsv(m_conn, MYSQL_OPT_LOCAL_INFILE, (void*)"1");
+
+    if (m_ssl)
+    {
+        set_ssl(m_conn);
+    }
+
+    return mysql_real_connect(m_conn, m_host.c_str(), m_user.c_str(), m_pw.c_str(), m_db.c_str(), m_port,
+                              NULL, CLIENT_MULTI_STATEMENTS)
+           && mysql_errno(m_conn) == 0;
+}