diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/rest/action/RestAckWatchAction.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/rest/action/RestAckWatchAction.java
index 3ea0862a412..82d20a02f28 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/rest/action/RestAckWatchAction.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/watcher/rest/action/RestAckWatchAction.java
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ public class RestAckWatchAction extends WatcherRestHandler {
         controller.registerWithDeprecatedHandler(PUT, URI_BASE + "/watch/{id}/_ack", this,
                                                  PUT, "/_watcher/watch/{id}/_ack", deprecationLogger);
         controller.registerWithDeprecatedHandler(POST, URI_BASE + "/watch/{id}/_ack/{actions}", this,
-                                                 POST, "/_watcher/watch/{id}/{actions}/_ack", deprecationLogger);
+                                                 POST, "/_watcher/watch/{id}/_ack/{actions}", deprecationLogger);
         controller.registerWithDeprecatedHandler(PUT, URI_BASE + "/watch/{id}/_ack/{actions}", this,
-                                                 PUT, "/_watcher/watch/{id}/{actions}/_ack", deprecationLogger);
+                                                 PUT, "/_watcher/watch/{id}/_ack/{actions}", deprecationLogger);
 
         // @deprecated The following can be totally dropped in 6.0
         // Note: we deprecated "/{actions}/_ack" totally; so we don't replace it with a matching _xpack variant