diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/indices.gateway.snapshot.json b/rest-api-spec/api/indices.gateway.snapshot.json
index cb87eb445e8..9348b069d1f 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/api/indices.gateway.snapshot.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/indices.gateway.snapshot.json
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 {
   "indices.gateway.snapshot": {
-    "documentation": "",
+    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-gateway-snapshot/",
     "methods": ["POST"],
     "url": {
       "path": "/_gateway/snapshot",
       "paths": ["/_gateway/snapshot", "/{index}/_gateway/snapshot"],
       "parts": {
         "index": {
+          "type" : "list",
+          "required" : true,
+          "description" : "A comma-separated list of index names; use `_all` or empty string for all indices"
         }
       },
       "params": {
         "ignore_indices": {
-        },
-        "index": {
+          "type" : "enum",
+          "options" : ["none","missing"],
+          "default" : "none",
+          "description" : "When performed on multiple indices, allows to ignore `missing` ones"
         }
       }
     },