diff --git a/patroni/api.py b/patroni/api.py
index 5da815d5..52d0d21a 100644
--- a/patroni/api.py
+++ b/patroni/api.py
@@ -476,6 +476,12 @@ class RestApiHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         * ``patroni_dcs_last_seen``: epoch timestamp when DCS was last contacted successfully;
         * ``patroni_pending_restart``: ``1`` if this PostgreSQL node is pending a restart, else ``0``;
         * ``patroni_is_paused``: ``1`` if Patroni is in maintenance node, else ``0``.
+
+        For PostgreSQL v9.6+ the response will also have the following:
+
+        * ``patroni_postgres_streaming``: 1 if Postgres is streaming from another node, else ``0``;
+        * ``patroni_postgres_in_archive_recovery``: ``1`` if Postgres isn't streaming and
+                                                    there is ``restore_command`` available, else ``0``.
         """
         postgres = self.get_postgresql_status(True)
         patroni = self.server.patroni
diff --git a/patroni/ha.py b/patroni/ha.py
index d7afc086..3482121d 100644
--- a/patroni/ha.py
+++ b/patroni/ha.py
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ class Ha(object):
 
         # timeout > 0 indicates that we still have the leader lock, and it was just updated
         if timeout\
-                and data.get('Database cluster state') in ('in production', 'shutting down', 'shut down')\
+                and data.get('Database cluster state') in ('in production', 'in crash recovery',
+                                                           'shutting down', 'shut down')\
                 and self.state_handler.state == 'crashed'\
                 and self.state_handler.role in ('primary', 'master')\
                 and not self.state_handler.config.recovery_conf_exists():