diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestPutStoredScriptAction.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestPutStoredScriptAction.java
index 2ad2db2964d56..27083503195e0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestPutStoredScriptAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestPutStoredScriptAction.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public RestPutStoredScriptAction(Settings settings, RestController controller) {
 
         controller.registerHandler(POST, "/_scripts/{id}", this);
         controller.registerHandler(PUT, "/_scripts/{id}", this);
+        controller.registerHandler(POST, "/_scripts/{id}/{context}", this);
         controller.registerHandler(PUT, "/_scripts/{id}/{context}", this);
     }
 
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/delete_script.json b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/delete_script.json
index c61aecd6bb2a8..83bb690cc0428 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/delete_script.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/delete_script.json
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
           "type" : "string",
           "description" : "Script ID",
           "required" : true
-        },
-        "lang" : {
-          "type" : "string",
-          "description" : "Script language",
-          "required" : true
         }
       },
       "params" : {
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/get_script.json b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/get_script.json
index 1bdc546ad03ac..2240f0e1a0b75 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/get_script.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/get_script.json
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
           "type" : "string",
           "description" : "Script ID",
           "required" : true
-        },
-        "lang" : {
-          "type" : "string",
-          "description" : "Script language",
-          "required" : true
         }
       },
       "params" : {
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/put_script.json b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/put_script.json
index 45b97f9f2857a..34bd4f63c285e 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/put_script.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/put_script.json
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
           "description" : "Script ID",
           "required" : true
         },
-        "lang" : {
+        "context" : {
           "type" : "string",
-          "description" : "Script language",
-          "required" : true
+          "description" : "Script context"
         }
       },
       "params" : {