diff --git a/site/ipam/troubleshooting-ipam.md b/site/ipam/troubleshooting-ipam.md
index 1818a0e5..f35f65b0 100644
--- a/site/ipam/troubleshooting-ipam.md
+++ b/site/ipam/troubleshooting-ipam.md
@@ -8,21 +8,38 @@ The command
 
     weave status
 
-reports on the current status of the Weave Net router and IP allocator:
+reports on the current status of the weave router and IP allocator:
 
 ````
 ...
 
        Service: ipam
-     Consensus: waiting(quorum: 2, known: 0)
+        Status: awaiting consensus (quorum: 2, known: 0)
          Range: 10.32.0.0-10.47.255.255
  DefaultSubnet: 10.32.0.0/12
 
 ...
 ````
 
-The first section covers the router; see the [Troubleshooting
-Guide](/site/troubleshooting.md#weave-status) for full details.
+The first section covers the router; see the [troubleshooting
+guide](/site/troubleshooting.md#weave-status) for full details.
 
 The 'Service: ipam' section displays the consensus state as well as
-the total allocation range and default subnet.
\ No newline at end of file
+the total allocation range and default subnet. Columns are as follows:
+
+* 'Status' - allocator state
+    * 'idle' - no allocation requests or claims have been made yet;
+      consensus is deferred until then
+    * 'awaiting consensus' - an attempt to achieve consensus is
+      ongoing, triggered by an allocation or claim request;
+      allocations will block.  This state persists until a quorum of
+      peers are able to communicate amongst themselves successfully
+    * 'ready' - consensus achieved; allocations proceed normally
+    * 'waiting for IP range grant from peers' - peer has exhausted its
+      agreed portion of the range and is waiting to be granted some
+      more
+    * 'all IP ranges owned by unreachable peers' - peer has exhausted
+      its agreed portion of the range but cannot reach anyone to ask
+      for more
+* 'Range' - total allocation range set by `--ipalloc-range`
+* 'DefaultSubnet' - default subnet set by `--ipalloc-default-subnet`
diff --git a/site/troubleshooting.md b/site/troubleshooting.md
index 3aa876a2..0a58f891 100644
--- a/site/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/site/troubleshooting.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ $ weave status
  TrustedSubnets: none
 
         Service: ipam
-      Consensus: achieved
+         Status: ready
           Range: 10.32.0.0-10.47.255.255
   DefaultSubnet: 10.32.0.0/12