diff --git a/app/vmselect/main.go b/app/vmselect/main.go
index 7ced1af79..4a516a65c 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/main.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/main.go
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", `{"status":"success","data":{"groups":[]}}`)
 		return true
-	case "/api/v1/alerts":
-		// Return dumb placehloder for https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#alerts
+	case "/api/v1/alerts", "/alerts":
+		// Return dumb placeholder for https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#alerts
 		alertsRequests.Inc()
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", `{"status":"success","data":{"alerts":[]}}`)