diff --git a/api-ref/source/dns-api-v2-service-status.inc b/api-ref/source/dns-api-v2-service-status.inc
index 533fa3e32..7b97236c8 100644
--- a/api-ref/source/dns-api-v2-service-status.inc
+++ b/api-ref/source/dns-api-v2-service-status.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ using HTTP.
 List Statuses
 =============
 
-.. rest_method::  GET /v2/service_status
+.. rest_method::  GET /v2/service_statuses
 
 List all Services and statuses.
 
diff --git a/api-ref/source/samples/service_status/service_status_list.json b/api-ref/source/samples/service_status/service_status_list.json
index e1fd684dc..c87ebbed5 100644
--- a/api-ref/source/samples/service_status/service_status_list.json
+++ b/api-ref/source/samples/service_status/service_status_list.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "service_statuses": [
         {
             "links": {
-              "self": "http://127.0.0.1:9001/v2/service_status/af91edb5-ede8-453f-af13-feabdd088f9c"
+              "self": "http://127.0.0.1:9001/v2/service_statuses/af91edb5-ede8-453f-af13-feabdd088f9c"
             },
             "hostname": "dns-2.example.com.",
             "status": "UP",
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
         }
      ],
      "links": {
-       "self": "http://127.0.0.1:9001/v2/service_status"
+       "self": "http://127.0.0.1:9001/v2/service_statuses"
      }
 }
diff --git a/designate/api/v2/controllers/root.py b/designate/api/v2/controllers/root.py
index 33f9d01d2..8c0617ff5 100644
--- a/designate/api/v2/controllers/root.py
+++ b/designate/api/v2/controllers/root.py
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ class RootController(object):
     errors = errors.ErrorsController()
     pools = pools.PoolsController()
     service_statuses = service_status.ServiceStatusController()
+
+    # This is a compatibility workaround for a mistake published in the
+    # Designate API reference that listed the URL path as /v2/service_status
+    # instead of /v2/service_statuses as it was implemented.
+    # https://bugs.launchpad.net/designate/+bug/1919183
+    service_status = service_statuses
+
     tsigkeys = tsigkeys.TsigKeysController()
     recordsets = recordsets.RecordSetsViewController()
     quotas = quotas.QuotasController()
diff --git a/designate/tests/test_api/test_v2/test_service_status.py b/designate/tests/test_api/test_v2/test_service_status.py
index cce470683..f9c440acb 100644
--- a/designate/tests/test_api/test_v2/test_service_status.py
+++ b/designate/tests/test_api/test_v2/test_service_status.py
@@ -46,6 +46,42 @@ class ApiV2ServiceStatusTest(ApiV2TestCase):
 
         self._assert_paging(data, '/service_statuses', key='service_statuses')
 
+    def test_legacy_list_service_status(self):
+        """Test the legacy list service status path.
+
+        Historically the Designate API reference showed the list
+        service status URL path as /v2/service_status where the actual
+        path was /v2/service_statuses.
+
+        https://bugs.launchpad.net/designate/+bug/1919183
+
+        A compatibility workaround was added as this was a published
+        API reference. This test covers that alternate URL path.
+        """
+
+        # Set the policy file as this is an admin-only API
+        self.policy({'find_service_statuses': '@'})
+
+        response = self.client.get('/service_status/')
+
+        # Check the headers are what we expect
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status_int)
+        self.assertEqual('application/json', response.content_type)
+
+        # Check the body structure is what we expect
+        self.assertIn('service_statuses', response.json)
+        self.assertIn('links', response.json)
+        self.assertIn('self', response.json['links'])
+
+        # Test with 0 service_statuses
+        # Seeing that Central is started there will be 1 here already..
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(response.json['service_statuses']))
+
+        data = [self.update_service_status(
+            hostname="foo%s" % i, service_name="bar") for i in range(0, 10)]
+
+        self._assert_paging(data, '/service_status', key='service_statuses')
+
     def test_get_service_status(self):
         service_status = self.update_service_status(fixture=0)
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-service-status-ba18270651011ee6.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-service-status-ba18270651011ee6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b53c34f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-service-status-ba18270651011ee6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed an issue with the API reference using the wrong path for list
+    service statuses. In addition a compatibility workaround was added
+    for the incorrect /v2/service_status path.