diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index de53710272ee..933700f0dad1 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -1592,6 +1592,7 @@ func (a *Agent) AddService(service *structs.NodeService, chkTypes []*structs.Che
 			Notes:       chkType.Notes,
 			ServiceID:   service.ID,
 			ServiceName: service.Service,
+			ServiceTags: service.Tags,
 		}
 		if chkType.Status != "" {
 			check.Status = chkType.Status
diff --git a/agent/agent_test.go b/agent/agent_test.go
index 3807227d6e35..0ea7fd32c9a3 100644
--- a/agent/agent_test.go
+++ b/agent/agent_test.go
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ func TestAgent_AddService(t *testing.T) {
 					Notes:       "note1",
 					ServiceID:   "svcid1",
 					ServiceName: "svcname1",
+					ServiceTags: []string{"tag1"},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -329,6 +330,7 @@ func TestAgent_AddService(t *testing.T) {
 					Notes:       "note1",
 					ServiceID:   "svcid2",
 					ServiceName: "svcname2",
+					ServiceTags: []string{"tag2"},
 				},
 				"check-noname": &structs.HealthCheck{
 					Node:        "node1",
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@ func TestAgent_AddService(t *testing.T) {
 					Status:      "critical",
 					ServiceID:   "svcid2",
 					ServiceName: "svcname2",
+					ServiceTags: []string{"tag2"},
 				},
 				"service:svcid2:3": &structs.HealthCheck{
 					Node:        "node1",
@@ -345,6 +348,7 @@ func TestAgent_AddService(t *testing.T) {
 					Status:      "critical",
 					ServiceID:   "svcid2",
 					ServiceName: "svcname2",
+					ServiceTags: []string{"tag2"},
 				},
 				"service:svcid2:4": &structs.HealthCheck{
 					Node:        "node1",
@@ -353,6 +357,7 @@ func TestAgent_AddService(t *testing.T) {
 					Status:      "critical",
 					ServiceID:   "svcid2",
 					ServiceName: "svcname2",
+					ServiceTags: []string{"tag2"},
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/website/source/api/agent/check.html.md b/website/source/api/agent/check.html.md
index da64214c70d4..f76c1e76181a 100644
--- a/website/source/api/agent/check.html.md
+++ b/website/source/api/agent/check.html.md
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ $ curl \
     "Notes": "",
     "Output": "",
     "ServiceID": "redis",
-    "ServiceName": "redis"
+    "ServiceName": "redis",
+    "ServiceTags": ["primary"]
   }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/website/source/api/agent/service.html.md b/website/source/api/agent/service.html.md
index 62670311e258..eaf909f36f97 100644
--- a/website/source/api/agent/service.html.md
+++ b/website/source/api/agent/service.html.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ $ curl \
   "redis": {
     "ID": "redis",
     "Service": "redis",
-    "Tags": null,
+    "Tags": [],
     "Address": "",
     "Port": 8000
   }
diff --git a/website/source/api/health.html.md b/website/source/api/health.html.md
index 05508a11dc96..6f1639bb5027 100644
--- a/website/source/api/health.html.md
+++ b/website/source/api/health.html.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ $ curl \
     "Output": "",
     "ServiceID": "",
     "ServiceName": "",
-    "ServiceTags": null
+    "ServiceTags": []
   },
   {
     "ID": "40e4a748-2192-161a-0510-9bf59fe950b5",
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ $ curl \
         "Output": "",
         "ServiceID": "",
         "ServiceName": "",
-		"ServiceTags": null 
+        "ServiceTags": []
       }
     ]
   }
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ $ curl \
     "Output": "",
     "ServiceID": "",
     "ServiceName": "",
-	"ServiceTags": null
+    "ServiceTags": []
   },
   {
     "Node": "foobar",
diff --git a/website/source/intro/getting-started/checks.html.md b/website/source/intro/getting-started/checks.html.md
index d4e37c4b863f..f3b79f1b39cc 100644
--- a/website/source/intro/getting-started/checks.html.md
+++ b/website/source/intro/getting-started/checks.html.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ can be run on either node):
 
 ```text
 vagrant@n1:~$ curl http://localhost:8500/v1/health/state/critical
-[{"Node":"agent-two","CheckID":"service:web","Name":"Service 'web' check","Status":"critical","Notes":"","ServiceID":"web","ServiceName":"web"}]
+[{"Node":"agent-two","CheckID":"service:web","Name":"Service 'web' check","Status":"critical","Notes":"","ServiceID":"web","ServiceName":"web","ServiceTags":["rails"]}]
 ```
 
 We can see that there is only a single check, our `web` service check, in the