diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 36a904e25..208c11e51 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -5255,12 +5255,14 @@ monitor-uri <uri>
   version and all headers are ignored, but the request must at least be valid
   at the HTTP level. This keyword may only be used with an HTTP-mode frontend.
 
-  Monitor requests are processed very early. It is not possible to block nor
-  divert them using ACLs. They cannot be logged either, and it is the intended
-  purpose. They are only used to report HAProxy's health to an upper component,
-  nothing more. However, it is possible to add any number of conditions using
-  "monitor fail" and ACLs so that the result can be adjusted to whatever check
-  can be imagined (most often the number of available servers in a backend).
+  Monitor requests are processed very early, just after the request is parsed
+  and even before any "http-request" or "block" rulesets. The only rulesets
+  applied before are the tcp-request ones. They cannot be logged either, and it
+  is the intended purpose. They are only used to report HAProxy's health to an
+  upper component, nothing more. However, it is possible to add any number of
+  conditions using "monitor fail" and ACLs so that the result can be adjusted
+  to whatever check can be imagined (most often the number of available servers
+  in a backend).
 
   Example :
     # Use /haproxy_test to report haproxy's status
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index b3202a68c..8486f0faa 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -406,6 +406,19 @@ int warnif_rule_after_tcp_cont(struct proxy *proxy, const char *file, int line,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Report a warning if a rule is placed after a 'monitor fail' rule.
+ * Return 1 if the warning has been emitted, otherwise 0.
+ */
+int warnif_rule_after_monitor(struct proxy *proxy, const char *file, int line, const char *arg)
+{
+	if (!LIST_ISEMPTY(&proxy->mon_fail_cond)) {
+		ha_warning("parsing [%s:%d] : a '%s' rule placed after a 'monitor fail' rule will still be processed before.\n",
+			   file, line, arg);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Report a warning if a rule is placed after a 'block' rule.
  * Return 1 if the warning has been emitted, otherwise 0.
  */
@@ -532,13 +545,20 @@ int warnif_misplaced_block(struct proxy *proxy, const char *file, int line, cons
 		warnif_misplaced_http_req(proxy, file, line, arg);
 }
 
-/* report a warning if a "tcp request content" rule is dangerously placed */
-int warnif_misplaced_tcp_cont(struct proxy *proxy, const char *file, int line, const char *arg)
+/* report a warning if a block rule is dangerously placed */
+int warnif_misplaced_monitor(struct proxy *proxy, const char *file, int line, const char *arg)
 {
 	return	warnif_rule_after_block(proxy, file, line, arg) ||
 		warnif_misplaced_block(proxy, file, line, arg);
 }
 
+/* report a warning if a "tcp request content" rule is dangerously placed */
+int warnif_misplaced_tcp_cont(struct proxy *proxy, const char *file, int line, const char *arg)
+{
+	return	warnif_rule_after_monitor(proxy, file, line, arg) ||
+		warnif_misplaced_monitor(proxy, file, line, arg);
+}
+
 /* report a warning if a "tcp request session" rule is dangerously placed */
 int warnif_misplaced_tcp_sess(struct proxy *proxy, const char *file, int line, const char *arg)
 {
@@ -5807,6 +5827,7 @@ stats_error_parsing:
 				goto out;
 			}
 
+			err_code |= warnif_misplaced_monitor(curproxy, file, linenum, "monitor fail");
 			if ((cond = build_acl_cond(file, linenum, &curproxy->acl, curproxy, (const char **)args + 2, &errmsg)) == NULL) {
 				ha_alert("parsing [%s:%d] : error detected while parsing a '%s %s' condition : %s.\n",
 					 file, linenum, args[0], args[1], errmsg);