diff --git a/src/mon/HealthMonitor.cc b/src/mon/HealthMonitor.cc
index 7c51e025baa..18600acbe25 100644
--- a/src/mon/HealthMonitor.cc
+++ b/src/mon/HealthMonitor.cc
@@ -459,20 +459,8 @@ health_status_t HealthMonitor::get_health_status(
     f->open_object_section("checks");
     for (auto& p : all.checks) {
       f->open_object_section(p.first.c_str());
-      f->dump_stream("severity") << p.second.severity;
+      p.second.dump(f, want_detail);
       f->dump_bool("muted", mutes.count(p.first));
-      f->open_object_section("summary");
-      f->dump_string("message", p.second.summary);
-      f->close_section();
-      if (want_detail) {
-	f->open_array_section("detail");
-	for (auto& d : p.second.detail) {
-	  f->open_object_section("detail_item");
-	  f->dump_string("message", d);
-	  f->close_section();
-	}
-	f->close_section();
-      }
       f->close_section();
     }
     f->close_section();
diff --git a/src/mon/health_check.h b/src/mon/health_check.h
index 93b9e62f9b0..4215a8bdbca 100644
--- a/src/mon/health_check.h
+++ b/src/mon/health_check.h
@@ -34,20 +34,22 @@ struct health_check_t {
     return !(l == r);
   }
 
-  void dump(ceph::Formatter *f) const {
+  void dump(ceph::Formatter *f, bool want_detail=true) const {
     f->dump_stream("severity") << severity;
 
     f->open_object_section("summary");
     f->dump_string("message", summary);
     f->close_section();
 
-    f->open_array_section("detail");
-    for (auto& p : detail) {
-      f->open_object_section("detail_item");
-      f->dump_string("message", p);
+    if (want_detail) {
+      f->open_array_section("detail");
+      for (auto& p : detail) {
+	f->open_object_section("detail_item");
+	f->dump_string("message", p);
+	f->close_section();
+      }
       f->close_section();
     }
-    f->close_section();
   }
 
   static void generate_test_instances(std::list<health_check_t*>& ls) {