diff --git a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
index eba9904a78f01..e0ad283b38f63 100644
--- a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
@@ -194,16 +194,11 @@ tag::if_seq_no[]
 sequence number. See <<optimistic-concurrency-control-index>>.
 end::if_seq_no[]
 
-tag::cat-h[]
-`h`::
-(Optional, string) Comma-separated list of column names to display.
-end::cat-h[]
-
-tag::help[]
-`help`::
-(Optional, boolean) If `true`, the response returns help information. Defaults
-to `false`.
-end::help[]
+tag::index-ignore-unavailable[]
+`ignore_unavailable`::
+(Optional, boolean) If `true`, missing or closed indices are not included in the
+response. Defaults to `false`.
+end::index-ignore-unavailable[]
 
 tag::include-defaults[]
 `include_defaults`::
@@ -211,19 +206,6 @@ tag::include-defaults[]
 Defaults to `false`.
 end::include-defaults[]
 
-tag::include-type-name[]
-`include_type_name`::
-deprecated:[7.0.0, Mapping types have been deprecated. See <<removal-of-types>>.]
-(Optional, boolean) If `true`, a mapping type is expected in the body of
-mappings. Defaults to `false`.
-end::include-type-name[]
-
-tag::index-ignore-unavailable[]
-`ignore_unavailable`::
-(Optional, boolean) If `true`, missing or closed indices are not included in the
-response. Defaults to `false`.
-end::index-ignore-unavailable[]
-
 tag::include-segment-file-sizes[]
 `include_segment_file_sizes`::
 (Optional, boolean)
@@ -232,6 +214,13 @@ each one  of the Lucene index files (only applies if segment stats are
 requested). Defaults to `false`.
 end::include-segment-file-sizes[]
 
+tag::include-type-name[]
+`include_type_name`::
+deprecated:[7.0.0, Mapping types have been deprecated. See <<removal-of-types>>.]
+(Optional, boolean) If `true`, a mapping type is expected in the body of
+mappings. Defaults to `false`.
+end::include-type-name[]
+
 tag::include-unloaded-segments[]
 `include_unloaded_segments`::
 (Optional, boolean) If `true`, the response includes information from segments
@@ -398,8 +387,8 @@ end::pipeline[]
 
 tag::preference[]
 `preference`::
-  (Optional, string) Specifies the node or shard the operation should be 
-  performed on. Random by default.
+(Optional, string) Specifies the node or shard the operation should be 
+performed on. Random by default.
 end::preference[]
 
 tag::search-q[]
@@ -457,15 +446,6 @@ tag::scroll_size[]
 Defaults to 100. 
 end::scroll_size[]
 
-tag::segment-search[]
-If `true`,
-the segment is searchable.
-+
-If `false`,
-the segment has most likely been written to disk
-but needs a <<indices-refresh,refresh>> to be searchable.
-end::segment-search[]
-
 tag::search_timeout[]
 `search_timeout`::
 (Optional, <<time-units, time units>> Explicit timeout for each search 
@@ -485,6 +465,15 @@ the segment generation and used internally to create file names in the directory
 of the shard.
 end::segment[]
 
+tag::segment-search[]
+If `true`,
+the segment is searchable.
++
+If `false`,
+the segment has most likely been written to disk
+but needs a <<indices-refresh,refresh>> to be searchable.
+end::segment-search[]
+
 tag::settings[]
 `settings`::
 (Optional, <<index-modules-settings,index setting object>>) Configuration