diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 4811043b8..2eafd7fb5 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -4161,8 +4161,9 @@ rate-limit sessions <rate>
             rate-limit sessions 10
             server 127.0.0.1:1025
 
-  Note : when the maximum rate is reached, the frontend's status appears as
-         "FULL" in the statistics, exactly as when it is saturated.
+  Note : when the maximum rate is reached, the frontend's status is not changed
+         but its sockets appear as "WAITING" in the statistics if the
+         "socket-stats" option is enabled.
 
   See also : the "backlog" keyword and the "fe_sess_rate" ACL criterion.
 
diff --git a/src/dumpstats.c b/src/dumpstats.c
index 3ef2278c1..96999852c 100644
--- a/src/dumpstats.c
+++ b/src/dumpstats.c
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ static int stats_dump_proxy(struct stream_interface *si, struct proxy *px, struc
 				     "",
 				     U2H0(l->counters->denied_req), U2H1(l->counters->denied_resp),
 				     U2H2(l->counters->failed_req),
-				     (l->nbconn < l->maxconn) ? "OPEN" : "FULL");
+				     (l->nbconn < l->maxconn) ? (l->state == LI_LIMITED) ? "WAITING" : "OPEN" : "FULL");
 			} else {
 				chunk_printf(&msg,
 				     /* pxid, name, queue cur, queue max, */