From 4e852536ce19af2e2e0bca9d5c820dd776681319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ch4nn0n <josh@channon.dev>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:08:08 +0800
Subject: haproxy: T9097: document backend ssl checks-only option

---
 docs/configuration/loadbalancing/haproxy.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/configuration/loadbalancing/haproxy.md b/docs/configuration/loadbalancing/haproxy.md
index d60c5248..2bb31881 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/loadbalancing/haproxy.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/loadbalancing/haproxy.md
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ Use SSL encryption for backend requests without validating the server
 certificate.
 ```
 
+```{cfgcmd} set load-balancing haproxy backend \<name\> ssl checks-only
+
+Use SSL for health checks only, forwarded traffic is passed through
+unchanged. Requires ``no-verify`` or ``ca-certificate``, and ``check``
+on at least one server.
+```
+
 ```{cfgcmd} set load-balancing haproxy backend \<name\> http-response-headers \<header-name\> value \<header-value\>
 
 Set custom HTTP headers to include in all responses from the backend.
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