diff --git a/Documentation/Monitors/MySQL-Monitor.md b/Documentation/Monitors/MySQL-Monitor.md
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@@ -200,6 +200,24 @@ external agent that automatically reintegrates failed servers into the
 cluster. One of these agents is the _replication-manager_ which automatically
 configures the failed servers as new slaves of the current master.
 
+## MySQL Monitor Crash Safety
+
+Starting with MaxScale 2.2.0, the mysqlmon module keeps an on-disk journal of
+the latest server states. This change makes the monitor crash-safe when options
+that introduce states are used. It also allows the monitor to retain stateful
+information when MaxScale is restarted.
+
+Options that introduce states into the monitoring process are the
+`detect_stale_master` and `detect_stale_slave` options, both of which are
+enabled by default.
+
+The default location for the server state journal is in
+`/var/lib/maxscale/<monitor name>/mysqlmon.dat` where `<monitor name>` is the
+name of the monitor section in the configuration file. If MaxScale crashes or is
+shut down in an uncontrolled fashion, the journal will be read when MaxScale is
+started. To skip the recovery process, manually delete the journal file before
+starting MaxScale.
+
 ## Example 1 - Monitor script
 
 Here is an example shell script which sends an email to an admin when a server goes down.
diff --git a/Documentation/Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.2.0-Release-Notes.md b/Documentation/Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.2.0-Release-Notes.md
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@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ The commands can be issued, but have no effect.
 
 ## New Features
 
+### MySQL Monitor Crash Safety
+
+The MySQL monitor keeps a journal of the state of the servers and the currently
+elected master. This information will be read if MaxScale suffers an
+uncontrolled shutdown. By doing the journaling of server states, the mysqlmon
+monitor is able to keep track of stale master and stale slave states across
+restarts and crashes.
+
 ### Avrorouter `deflate` compression
 
 The Avrorouter now supports the `deflate` compression method. This allows the