diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/security.get_role.json b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/security.get_role.json
index 9c52878a5f9b5..530bcfb28f030 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/security.get_role.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/security.get_role.json
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
           ],
           "parts":{
             "name":{
-              "type":"string",
-              "description":"Role name"
+              "type":"list",
+              "description":"A comma-separated list of role names"
             }
           }
         },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/security.get_role_mapping.json b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/security.get_role_mapping.json
index 4b98173b5c146..06818b03735ac 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/security.get_role_mapping.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/src/test/resources/rest-api-spec/api/security.get_role_mapping.json
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
           ],
           "parts":{
             "name":{
-              "type":"string",
-              "description":"Role-Mapping name"
+              "type":"list",
+              "description":"A comma-separated list of role-mapping names"
             }
           }
         },