diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_aliases.json b/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_aliases.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35d4568ce25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_aliases.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "indices.get_aliases": {
+    "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-aliases/",
+    "methods": ["GET"],
+    "url": {
+      "path": "/_aliases",
+      "paths": ["/_aliases", "/{index}/_aliases"],
+      "parts": {
+        "index": {
+          "type" : "list",
+          "description" : "A comma-separated list of index names to filter aliases"
+        }
+      },
+      "params": {
+        "timeout": {
+          "type" : "time",
+          "description" : "Explicit timestamp for the document"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "body": null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/indices.aliases.json b/rest-api-spec/api/indices.update_aliases.json
similarity index 81%
rename from rest-api-spec/api/indices.aliases.json
rename to rest-api-spec/api/indices.update_aliases.json
index 8582edb6891..a85f46e9350 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/api/indices.aliases.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/indices.update_aliases.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "indices.aliases": {
+  "indices.update_aliases": {
     "documentation": "http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-aliases/",
-    "methods": ["GET", "POST"],
+    "methods": ["POST"],
     "url": {
       "path": "/_aliases",
       "paths": ["/_aliases", "/{index}/_aliases"],
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       "params": {
         "timeout": {
           "type" : "time",
-          "description" : "Explicit timestamp for the document"
+          "description" : "Request timeout"
         }
       }
     },