diff --git a/etcdserver/api/etcdhttp/metrics.go b/etcdserver/api/etcdhttp/metrics.go
index a68d9cefd..f374adcaa 100644
--- a/etcdserver/api/etcdhttp/metrics.go
+++ b/etcdserver/api/etcdhttp/metrics.go
@@ -70,34 +70,32 @@ func NewHealthHandler(hfunc func() Health) http.HandlerFunc {
 // Health defines etcd server health status.
 // TODO: remove manual parsing in etcdctl cluster-health
 type Health struct {
-	Health string   `json:"health"`
-	Errors []string `json:"errors,omitempty"`
+	Health string `json:"health"`
 }
 
+// TODO: server NOSPACE, etcdserver.ErrNoLeader in health API
+
 func checkHealth(srv etcdserver.ServerV2) Health {
-	h := Health{Health: "false"}
+	h := Health{Health: "true"}
 
 	as := srv.Alarms()
 	if len(as) > 0 {
-		for _, v := range as {
-			h.Errors = append(h.Errors, v.Alarm.String())
+		h.Health = "false"
+	}
+
+	if h.Health == "true" {
+		if uint64(srv.Leader()) == raft.None {
+			h.Health = "false"
 		}
-		return h
 	}
 
-	if uint64(srv.Leader()) == raft.None {
-		h.Errors = append(h.Errors, etcdserver.ErrNoLeader.Error())
-		return h
-	}
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
-	_, err := srv.Do(ctx, etcdserverpb.Request{Method: "QGET"})
-	cancel()
-	if err != nil {
-		h.Errors = append(h.Errors, err.Error())
-	}
-	if err == nil {
-		h.Health = "true"
+	if h.Health == "true" {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+		_, err := srv.Do(ctx, etcdserverpb.Request{Method: "QGET"})
+		cancel()
+		if err != nil {
+			h.Health = "false"
+		}
 	}
 	return h
 }