diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.repositories.delete.json b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.repositories.delete.json
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+{
+  "cluster.repositories.delete": {
+    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/modules-snapshots.html",
+    "methods": ["DELETE"],
+    "url": {
+      "path": "/_snapshot/{repository}",
+      "paths": ["/_snapshot/{repository}"],
+      "parts": {
+        "repository": {
+          "type": "list",
+          "description": "A comma-separated list of repository names"
+        }
+      },
+      "params": {
+        "master_timeout": {
+          "type" : "time",
+          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout for connection to master node"
+        },
+        "timeout": {
+          "type" : "time",
+          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "body": null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.repositories.get.json b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.repositories.get.json
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index 00000000000..9839126e6e8
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+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.repositories.get.json
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+{
+  "cluster.repositories.get": {
+    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/modules-snapshots.html",
+    "methods": ["GET"],
+    "url": {
+      "path": "/_snapshot",
+      "paths": ["/_snapshot", "/_snapshot/{repository}"],
+      "parts": {
+        "repository": {
+          "type": "list",
+          "description": "A comma-separated list of repository names"
+        }
+      },
+      "params": {
+        "master_timeout": {
+          "type" : "time",
+          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout for connection to master node"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "body": null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.repositories.put.json b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.repositories.put.json
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index 00000000000..52f6a1b28fa
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+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.repositories.put.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "cluster.repositories.put": {
+    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/modules-snapshots.html",
+    "methods": ["PUT", "POST"],
+    "url": {
+      "path": "/_snapshot/{repository}",
+      "paths": ["/_snapshot/{repository}"],
+      "parts": {
+        "repository": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "A repository name"
+        }
+      },
+      "params": {
+        "master_timeout": {
+          "type" : "time",
+          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout for connection to master node"
+        },
+        "timeout": {
+          "type" : "time",
+          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+      "description" : "The repository definition",
+      "required" : true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.create.json b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.create.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68a4506acab
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+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.create.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "cluster.snapshots.create": {
+    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/modules-snapshots.html",
+    "methods": ["PUT", "POST"],
+    "url": {
+      "path": "/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}",
+      "paths": ["/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}", "/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_create"],
+      "parts": {
+        "repository": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "A repository name"
+        },
+        "snapshot": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "A snapshot name"
+        }
+      },
+      "params": {
+        "master_timeout": {
+          "type" : "time",
+          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout for connection to master node"
+        },
+        "wait_for_completion": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Should this request wait until the operation has completed before returning",
+          "default": false
+        }
+      }
+    },
+      "description" : "The snapshot definition",
+      "required" : false
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.delete.json b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.delete.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47ee4f0b1e7
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+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.delete.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "cluster.snapshots.delete": {
+    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/modules-snapshots.html",
+    "methods": ["DELETE"],
+    "url": {
+      "path": "/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}",
+      "paths": ["/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}"],
+      "parts": {
+        "repository": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "A repository name"
+        },
+        "snapshot": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "A snapshot name"
+        }
+      },
+      "params": {
+        "master_timeout": {
+          "type" : "time",
+          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout for connection to master node"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "body": null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.get.json b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.get.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..699d4e791a5
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+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.get.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "cluster.snapshots.get": {
+    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/modules-snapshots.html",
+    "methods": ["GET"],
+    "url": {
+      "path": "/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}",
+      "paths": ["/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}"],
+      "parts": {
+        "repository": {
+          "type": "list",
+          "description": "A comma-separated list of repository names"
+        },
+        "snapshot": {
+          "type": "list",
+          "description": "A comma-separated list of snapshot names"
+        }
+      },
+      "params": {
+        "master_timeout": {
+          "type" : "time",
+          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout for connection to master node"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "body": null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.restore.json b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.restore.json
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index 00000000000..1b89bb01e84
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+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.snapshots.restore.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "cluster.snapshots.restore": {
+    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/modules-snapshots.html",
+    "methods": ["POST"],
+    "url": {
+      "path": "/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_restore",
+      "paths": ["/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_restore"],
+      "parts": {
+        "repository": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "A repository name"
+        },
+        "snapshot": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "A snapshot name"
+        }
+      },
+      "params": {
+        "master_timeout": {
+          "type" : "time",
+          "description" : "Explicit operation timeout for connection to master node"
+        },
+        "wait_for_completion": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Should this request wait until the operation has completed before returning",
+          "default": false
+        }
+      }
+    },
+      "description" : "Details of what to restore",
+      "required" : false
+  }
+}