diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f1baed0..fd6e7fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Set up (the latest version of) [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) in Ubuntu syst
 * `haproxy_backend.{n}.source`: [optional]: Set the source address or interface for connections from the proxy
 * `haproxy_backend.{n}.option`: [optional]: Options to set (e.g. `[forwardfor]`)
 * `haproxy_backend.{n}.no_option`: [optional]: Options to unset (e.g. `[redispatch]`)
-* `haproxy_backend.{n}.http_check`: [optional]: Make HTTP health checks consider response contents or specific status codes (e.g. `expect status 403`)
+* `haproxy_backend.{n}.http_check.{n}`: [optional]: Configure HTTP health checks (e.g. `expect status 403`, `send meth GET uri /healthz`)
 * `haproxy_backend.{n}.stick`: [optional]: Stick declarations
 * `haproxy_backend.{n}.stick.{n}.table`: [required]: Configure the stickiness table for the current section (e.g. `type ip size 500k`)
 * `haproxy_backend.{n}.stick.{n}.stick_on`: [optional]: Define a request pattern to associate a user to a server (e.g. `src`)
diff --git a/templates/etc/haproxy/backend.cfg.j2 b/templates/etc/haproxy/backend.cfg.j2
index e7419a6..cf1c9a8 100644
--- a/templates/etc/haproxy/backend.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/haproxy/backend.cfg.j2
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@ backend {{ backend.name }}
   no option {{ option }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% if backend.http_check is defined %}
+{% if backend.http_check is string %}
   http-check {{ backend.http_check }}
+{% else %}
+{% for http_check in backend.http_check %}
+  http-check {{ http_check }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 {% if backend.cookie is defined %}
   cookie {{ backend.cookie }}