From b129894d8f505af415ada965dfb890e20235c3a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Rodewig <40268737+jrodewig@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:51:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Fix data type for create snapshot API's `metadata`
 param (#76465) (#76470)

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 .../snapshot-restore/apis/create-snapshot-api.asciidoc          | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/apis/create-snapshot-api.asciidoc b/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/apis/create-snapshot-api.asciidoc
index d3f397f9d65a4..12c2d485e5fbb 100644
--- a/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/apis/create-snapshot-api.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/apis/create-snapshot-api.asciidoc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ By default, all available feature states will be included in the snapshot if
 is `false`.
 
 `metadata`::
-(Optional, string)
+(Optional, object)
 Attaches arbitrary metadata to the snapshot, such as a record of who took the snapshot, why it was taken, or any other useful data. Metadata must be less than 1024 bytes.
 
 [[create-snapshot-api-partial]]