diff --git a/docs/dev/metrics.md b/docs/dev/metrics.md
index da98cf70f6..1c80ee254f 100644
--- a/docs/dev/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/dev/metrics.md
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ Metrics about cluster operators:
 ```
 # HELP cluster_operator_conditions Report the conditions for active cluster operators. 0 is False and 1 is True.
 # TYPE cluster_operator_conditions gauge
-cluster_operator_conditions{condition="Available",name="version",namespace="openshift-cluster-version"} 1
-cluster_operator_conditions{condition="Degraded",name="version",namespace="openshift-cluster-version"} 0
-cluster_operator_conditions{condition="Progressing",name="version",namespace="openshift-cluster-version"} 0
-cluster_operator_conditions{condition="RetrievedUpdates",name="version",namespace="openshift-cluster-version"} 0
+cluster_operator_conditions{condition="Available",name="version",namespace="openshift-cluster-version",reason="Happy"} 1
+cluster_operator_conditions{condition="Degraded",name="version",namespace="openshift-cluster-version",reason=""} 0
+cluster_operator_conditions{condition="Progressing",name="version",namespace="openshift-cluster-version",reason=""} 0
+cluster_operator_conditions{condition="RetrievedUpdates",name="version",namespace="openshift-cluster-version",reason=""} 0
 # HELP cluster_operator_up Reports key highlights of the active cluster operators.
 # TYPE cluster_operator_up gauge
 cluster_operator_up{name="version",namespace="openshift-cluster-version",version="4.0.1"} 1
diff --git a/pkg/cvo/metrics.go b/pkg/cvo/metrics.go
index 5476890d40..e988bd1239 100644
--- a/pkg/cvo/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/cvo/metrics.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ started.
 		clusterOperatorConditions: prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Name: "cluster_operator_conditions",
 			Help: "Report the conditions for active cluster operators. 0 is False and 1 is True.",
-		}, []string{"name", "condition"}),
+		}, []string{"name", "condition", "reason"}),
 		clusterOperatorConditionTransitions: prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Name: "cluster_operator_condition_transitions",
 			Help: "Reports the number of times that a condition on a cluster operator changes status",
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (m *operatorMetrics) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 	ch <- m.version.WithLabelValues("", "", "").Desc()
 	ch <- m.availableUpdates.WithLabelValues("", "").Desc()
 	ch <- m.clusterOperatorUp.WithLabelValues("", "").Desc()
-	ch <- m.clusterOperatorConditions.WithLabelValues("", "").Desc()
+	ch <- m.clusterOperatorConditions.WithLabelValues("", "", "").Desc()
 	ch <- m.clusterOperatorConditionTransitions.WithLabelValues("", "").Desc()
 }
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (m *operatorMetrics) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 			if condition.Status == configv1.ConditionUnknown {
 				continue
 			}
-			g := m.clusterOperatorConditions.WithLabelValues(op.Name, string(condition.Type))
+			g := m.clusterOperatorConditions.WithLabelValues(op.Name, string(condition.Type), string(condition.Reason))
 			if condition.Status == configv1.ConditionTrue {
 				g.Set(1)
 			} else {
diff --git a/pkg/cvo/metrics_test.go b/pkg/cvo/metrics_test.go
index 78ecc38c1b..743deb4de1 100644
--- a/pkg/cvo/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cvo/metrics_test.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func Test_operatorMetrics_Collect(t *testing.T) {
 							Status: configv1.ClusterOperatorStatus{
 								Conditions: []configv1.ClusterOperatorStatusCondition{
 									{Type: configv1.OperatorAvailable, Status: configv1.ConditionTrue},
-									{Type: configv1.ClusterStatusConditionType("Custom"), Status: configv1.ConditionFalse},
+									{Type: configv1.ClusterStatusConditionType("Custom"), Status: configv1.ConditionFalse, Reason: "CustomReason"},
 									{Type: configv1.ClusterStatusConditionType("Unknown"), Status: configv1.ConditionUnknown},
 								},
 							},
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ func Test_operatorMetrics_Collect(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				expectMetric(t, metrics[0], 0, map[string]string{"type": "current", "version": "", "image": ""})
 				expectMetric(t, metrics[1], 1, map[string]string{"name": "test", "version": ""})
-				expectMetric(t, metrics[2], 1, map[string]string{"name": "test", "condition": "Available"})
-				expectMetric(t, metrics[3], 0, map[string]string{"name": "test", "condition": "Custom"})
+				expectMetric(t, metrics[2], 1, map[string]string{"name": "test", "condition": "Available", "reason": ""})
+				expectMetric(t, metrics[3], 0, map[string]string{"name": "test", "condition": "Custom", "reason": "CustomReason"})
 			},
 		},
 		{