diff --git a/docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc b/docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc
index f4b0758a739..00de9ec164d 100644
--- a/docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Other repository backends are available in these official plugins:
 * https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-hadoop/tree/master/repository-hdfs[HDFS Plugin] for Hadoop environments
 * https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-azure#azure-repository[Azure Cloud Plugin] for Azure storage repositories
 
-
+[float]
 ===== Repository Verification
 added[1.4.0]
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ following command:
 $ curl -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup/_verify'
 -----------------------------------
 
-It returns a list of nodes
+It returns a list of nodes where repository was successfully verified or an error message if verification process failed.
 
 [float]
 === Snapshot