diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 682a64374..37693a575 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Added
 
- - #1933, Add a minimal health check endpoint on an admin port at the `<host>:<admin_server_port>/health` endpoint - @steve-chavez
+ - #1933, #2109, Add a minimal health check endpoint - @steve-chavez
    + For enabling this, the `admin-server-port` config must be set explictly
+   + The check is at the `<host>:<admin_server_port>/ready` endpoint
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Admin.hs b/src/PostgREST/Admin.hs
index acae273b2..24622d952 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Admin.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Admin.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ postgrestAdmin appState appConfig req respond  = do
   isMainAppReachable <- isRight <$> reachMainApp appConfig
 
   case Wai.pathInfo req of
-    ["health"] ->
+    ["ready"] ->
       if configDbChannelEnabled appConfig then do
         listenerOn <- AppState.getIsListenerOn appState
         respond $ Wai.responseLBS (if listenerOn && isMainAppReachable then HTTP.status200 else HTTP.status503) [] mempty
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs b/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
index 47eeaa12d..d6163b9d7 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ data AppState = AppState
   , stateIsWorkerOn   :: IORef Bool
   -- | Binary semaphore used to sync the listener(NOTIFY reload) with the connectionWorker.
   , stateListener     :: MVar ()
-  -- | State of the LISTEN channel, used for health checks
+  -- | State of the LISTEN channel, used for the admin server checks
   , stateIsListenerOn :: IORef Bool
   -- | Config that can change at runtime
   , stateConf         :: IORef AppConfig
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/CLI.hs b/src/PostgREST/CLI.hs
index 2f80c1bdf..6f83d1d37 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/CLI.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/CLI.hs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ exampleConfigFile =
       |## when none is provided, 660 is applied by default
       |# server-unix-socket-mode = "660"
       |
-      |## admin server for health checks, it's disabled by default unless a port is specified
+      |## admin server used for checks, it's disabled by default unless a port is specified
       |# admin-server-port = 3001
       |
       |## determine if the OpenAPI output should follow or ignore role privileges or be disabled entirely
diff --git a/test/io-tests/test_io.py b/test/io-tests/test_io.py
index 79cdaeecf..d2e61667a 100644
--- a/test/io-tests/test_io.py
+++ b/test/io-tests/test_io.py
@@ -741,8 +741,8 @@ def test_db_prepared_statements_disable(defaultenv):
         assert response.text == "false"
 
 
-def test_admin_healthy_w_channel(defaultenv):
-    "Should get a success response from the admin server health endpoint when the LISTEN channel is enabled"
+def test_admin_ready_w_channel(defaultenv):
+    "Should get a success response from the admin server ready endpoint when the LISTEN channel is enabled"
 
     env = {
         **defaultenv,
@@ -750,12 +750,12 @@ def test_admin_healthy_w_channel(defaultenv):
     }
 
     with run(env=env, adminport=freeport()) as postgrest:
-        response = postgrest.admin.get("/health")
+        response = postgrest.admin.get("/ready")
         assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
-def test_admin_healthy_wo_channel(defaultenv):
-    "Should get a success response from the admin server health endpoint when the LISTEN channel is disabled"
+def test_admin_ready_wo_channel(defaultenv):
+    "Should get a success response from the admin server ready endpoint when the LISTEN channel is disabled"
 
     env = {
         **defaultenv,
@@ -763,20 +763,20 @@ def test_admin_healthy_wo_channel(defaultenv):
     }
 
     with run(env=env, adminport=freeport()) as postgrest:
-        response = postgrest.admin.get("/health")
+        response = postgrest.admin.get("/ready")
         assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
 def test_admin_not_found(defaultenv):
-    "Should get a not found from the admin server"
+    "Should get a not found from a undefined endpoint on the admin server"
 
     with run(env=defaultenv, adminport=freeport()) as postgrest:
         response = postgrest.admin.get("/notfound")
         assert response.status_code == 404
 
 
-def test_admin_health_dependent_on_main_app(defaultenv):
-    "Should get a failure from the admin health endpoint if the main app also fails"
+def test_admin_ready_dependent_on_main_app(defaultenv):
+    "Should get a failure from the admin ready endpoint if the main app also fails"
 
     env = {
         **defaultenv,
@@ -787,6 +787,6 @@ def test_admin_health_dependent_on_main_app(defaultenv):
         # delete the unix socket to make the main app fail
         os.remove(env["PGRST_SERVER_UNIX_SOCKET"])
         response = requests.get(
-            f"http://localhost:{env['PGRST_ADMIN_SERVER_PORT']}/health"
+            f"http://localhost:{env['PGRST_ADMIN_SERVER_PORT']}/ready"
         )
         assert response.status_code == 503