From 0e25fa86ad42e6fe93c06aa7c60be3523fd61cae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Rodewig <james.rodewig@elastic.co>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 14:56:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [DOCS] Reformat type exists API docs

---
 .../reference/indices/indices-exists.asciidoc |  2 --
 docs/reference/indices/types-exists.asciidoc  | 36 +++++++++++++++----
 docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc |  7 ++++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/reference/indices/indices-exists.asciidoc b/docs/reference/indices/indices-exists.asciidoc
index aea2caf212494..eb7936a7583a0 100644
--- a/docs/reference/indices/indices-exists.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/indices/indices-exists.asciidoc
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 ++++
 
 Checks if an index exists.
-The returned HTTP status code indicates if the index exists or not.
-A `404` means it does not exist, and `200` means it does.
 
 [source,console]
 --------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/reference/indices/types-exists.asciidoc b/docs/reference/indices/types-exists.asciidoc
index 2a5fc3f4c1ef3..e6451194c7001 100644
--- a/docs/reference/indices/types-exists.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/indices/types-exists.asciidoc
@@ -1,16 +1,40 @@
 [[indices-types-exists]]
-=== Types Exists
+=== Type exists API
+++++
+<titleabbrev>Type exists</titleabbrev>
+++++
 
 deprecated[7.0.0, Types are deprecated and are in the process of being removed.  See <<removal-of-types>>.]
 
-Used to check if a type/types exists in an index/indices.
+Checks if a <<mapping-type-field, mapping type>> exists.
 
 [source,console]
---------------------------------------------------
+----
 HEAD twitter/_mapping/tweet
---------------------------------------------------
+----
 // TEST[setup:twitter]
 // TEST[warning:Type exists requests are deprecated, as types have been deprecated.]
 
-The HTTP status code indicates if the type exists or not. A `404` means
-it does not exist, and `200` means it does.
+
+[[indices-types-exists-api-request]]
+==== {api-request-title}
+
+`HEAD /<index>/mapping/<type>`
+
+
+[[indices-types-exists-api-path-params]]
+==== {api-path-parms-title}
+
+include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=index]
+
+include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=type]
+
+
+[[indices-types-exists-api-response-codes]]
+==== {api-response-codes-title}
+
+`200`::
+Indicates all specified mapping types exist.
+
+ `404`::
+Indicates one or more specified mapping types **do not** exist.
diff --git a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
index 93e1a35d93870..4aacb09c091cf 100644
--- a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
@@ -678,6 +678,13 @@ end::master-timeout[]
 
 end::timeoutparms[]
 
+tag::type[]
+`<type>`::
+(Optional, string)
+Comma-separated list or wildcard expression of types
+used to limit the request.
+end::type[]
+
 tag::cat-v[]
 `v`::
 (Optional, boolean) If `true`, the response includes column headings. Defaults

From 7ecd978a02820a57f1f677e56027b28caa1da540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Rodewig <james.rodewig@elastic.co>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 08:36:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] iter

---
 docs/reference/indices/types-exists.asciidoc | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/reference/indices/types-exists.asciidoc b/docs/reference/indices/types-exists.asciidoc
index e6451194c7001..53626c31d94a6 100644
--- a/docs/reference/indices/types-exists.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/indices/types-exists.asciidoc
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 <titleabbrev>Type exists</titleabbrev>
 ++++
 
-deprecated[7.0.0, Types are deprecated and are in the process of being removed.  See <<removal-of-types>>.]
+deprecated::[7.0.0, Types are deprecated and are in the process of being removed.  See <<removal-of-types>>.]
 
-Checks if a <<mapping-type-field, mapping type>> exists.
+Checks if a <<mapping-type-field,mapping type>> exists.
 
 [source,console]
 ----