diff --git a/Detail.c b/Detail.c
index ad60434..3e61e37 100644
--- a/Detail.c
+++ b/Detail.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ int Detail(char *dev, struct context *c)
 	int external;
 	int inactive;
 	int is_container = 0;
+	char *arrayst;
 
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		pr_err("cannot open %s: %s\n",
@@ -485,9 +486,18 @@ int Detail(char *dev, struct context *c)
 			else
 				st = ", degraded";
 
+			if (array.state & (1 << MD_SB_CLEAN)) {
+				if ((array.level == 0) ||
+				    (array.level == LEVEL_LINEAR))
+					arrayst = map_num(sysfs_array_states,
+							  sra->array_state);
+				else
+					arrayst = "clean";
+			} else
+				arrayst = "active";
+
 			printf("             State : %s%s%s%s%s%s \n",
-			       (array.state & (1 << MD_SB_CLEAN)) ?
-			       "clean" : "active", st,
+			       arrayst, st,
 			       (!e || (e->percent < 0 &&
 				       e->percent != RESYNC_PENDING &&
 				       e->percent != RESYNC_DELAYED)) ?
diff --git a/Monitor.c b/Monitor.c
index 036103f..b527165 100644
--- a/Monitor.c
+++ b/Monitor.c
@@ -1055,8 +1055,11 @@ int Wait(char *dev)
 	}
 }
 
+/* The state "broken" is used only for RAID0/LINEAR - it's the same as
+ * "clean", but used in case the array has one or more members missing.
+ */
 static char *clean_states[] = {
-	"clear", "inactive", "readonly", "read-auto", "clean", NULL };
+	"clear", "inactive", "readonly", "read-auto", "clean", "broken", NULL };
 
 int WaitClean(char *dev, int verbose)
 {
@@ -1116,7 +1119,8 @@ int WaitClean(char *dev, int verbose)
 			rv = read(state_fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
 			if (rv < 0)
 				break;
-			if (sysfs_match_word(buf, clean_states) <= 4)
+			if (sysfs_match_word(buf, clean_states) <
+			    (int)ARRAY_SIZE(clean_states) - 1)
 				break;
 			rv = sysfs_wait(state_fd, &delay);
 			if (rv < 0 && errno != EINTR)
diff --git a/maps.c b/maps.c
index 02a0474..49b7f2c 100644
--- a/maps.c
+++ b/maps.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ mapping_t sysfs_array_states[] = {
 	{ "read-auto", ARRAY_READ_AUTO },
 	{ "clean", ARRAY_CLEAN },
 	{ "write-pending", ARRAY_WRITE_PENDING },
+	{ "broken", ARRAY_BROKEN },
 	{ NULL, ARRAY_UNKNOWN_STATE }
 };
 
diff --git a/mdadm.h b/mdadm.h
index 43b07d5..c88ceab 100644
--- a/mdadm.h
+++ b/mdadm.h
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ struct mdinfo {
 		ARRAY_ACTIVE,
 		ARRAY_WRITE_PENDING,
 		ARRAY_ACTIVE_IDLE,
+		ARRAY_BROKEN,
 		ARRAY_UNKNOWN_STATE,
 	} array_state;
 	struct md_bb bb;
diff --git a/mdmon.h b/mdmon.h
index 818367c..b3d72ac 100644
--- a/mdmon.h
+++ b/mdmon.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 extern const char Name[];
 
 enum array_state { clear, inactive, suspended, readonly, read_auto,
-		   clean, active, write_pending, active_idle, bad_word};
+		   clean, active, write_pending, active_idle, broken, bad_word};
 
 enum sync_action { idle, reshape, resync, recover, check, repair, bad_action };
 
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 81537ed..e0d3be6 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 static char *array_states[] = {
 	"clear", "inactive", "suspended", "readonly", "read-auto",
-	"clean", "active", "write-pending", "active-idle", NULL };
+	"clean", "active", "write-pending", "active-idle", "broken", NULL };
 static char *sync_actions[] = {
 	"idle", "reshape", "resync", "recover", "check", "repair", NULL
 };
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static int read_and_act(struct active_array *a, fd_set *fds)
 		a->next_state = clean;
 		ret |= ARRAY_DIRTY;
 	}
-	if (a->curr_state == clean) {
+	if ((a->curr_state == clean) || (a->curr_state == broken)) {
 		a->container->ss->set_array_state(a, 1);
 	}
 	if (a->curr_state == active ||