diff --git a/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/server-info-methods/server_info.md b/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/server-info-methods/server_info.md
index 3a681634fd..35d47456ff 100644
--- a/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/server-info-methods/server_info.md
+++ b/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/server-info-methods/server_info.md
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ The `info` object may have some arrangement of the following fields:
 | `amendment_blocked`                 | Boolean                   | _(May be omitted)_ If `true`, this server is [amendment blocked](amendments.html#amendment-blocked). If the server is not amendment blocked, the response omits this field. [New in: rippled 0.80.0][] |
 | `build_version`                     | String                    | The version number of the running `rippled` version. |
 | `closed_ledger`                     | Object                    | (May be omitted) Information on the most recently closed ledger that has not been validated by consensus. If the most recently validated ledger is available, the response omits this field and includes `validated_ledger` instead. The member fields are the same as the `validated_ledger` field. |
-| `complete_ledgers`                  | String                    | Range expression indicating the sequence numbers of the ledger versions the local rippled has in its database. This may be a disjoint sequence, for example `24900901-24900984,24901116-24901158`. |
+| `complete_ledgers`                  | String                    | Range expression indicating the sequence numbers of the ledger versions the local rippled has in its database. This may be a disjoint sequence, for example `24900901-24900984,24901116-24901158`. If the server does not have any complete ledgers (for example, it just started syncing with the network), this is the string `empty`. |
 | `hostid`                            | String                    | On an admin request, returns the hostname of the server running the `rippled` instance; otherwise, returns a unique four letter word. |
 | `io_latency_ms`                     | Number                    | Amount of time spent waiting for I/O operations, in milliseconds. If this number is not very, very low, then the `rippled` server is probably having serious load issues. |
 | `last_close`                        | Object                    | Information about the last time the server closed a ledger, including the amount of time it took to reach a consensus and the number of trusted validators participating. |
diff --git a/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/server-info-methods/server_state.md b/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/server-info-methods/server_state.md
index 4fd9947433..37403a1ecc 100644
--- a/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/server-info-methods/server_state.md
+++ b/content/references/rippled-api/public-rippled-methods/server-info-methods/server_state.md
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ The `state` object may have some arrangement of the following fields:
 |:---------------------------------|:-----------------|:-----------------------|
 | `amendment_blocked`              | Boolean          | _(May be omitted)_ If `true`, this server is [amendment blocked](amendments.html#amendment-blocked). If the server is not amendment blocked, the response omits this field. [New in: rippled 0.80.0][] |
 | `build_version`                  | String           | The version number of the running `rippled` version. |
-| `complete_ledgers`               | String           | Range expression indicating the sequence numbers of the ledger versions the local `rippled` has in its database. It is possible to be a disjoint sequence, e.g. "2500-5000,32570-7695432". |
+| `complete_ledgers`               | String           | Range expression indicating the sequence numbers of the ledger versions the local `rippled` has in its database. It is possible to be a disjoint sequence, e.g. "2500-5000,32570-7695432". If the server does not have any complete ledgers (for example, it just started syncing with the network), this is the string `empty`. |
 | `closed_ledger`                  | Object           | (May be omitted) Information on the most recently closed ledger that has not been validated by consensus. If the most recently validated ledger is available, the response omits this field and includes `validated_ledger` instead. The member fields are the same as the `validated_ledger` field. |
 | `io_latency_ms`                  | Number           | Amount of time spent waiting for I/O operations, in milliseconds. If this number is not very, very low, then the `rippled` server is probably having serious load issues. |
 | `load`                           | Object           | _(Admin only)_ Detailed information about the current load state of the server |