diff --git a/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/Document.scala b/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/Document.scala
index 40d9fbcf4..af8ad4763 100644
--- a/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/Document.scala
+++ b/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/Document.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ private[elasticsearch] final case class Document(json: String) {
 
 private[elasticsearch] object Document {
   def from[A](doc: A)(implicit schema: Schema[A]): Document = Document(
-    JsonCodec.jsonEncoder(schema).encodeJson(a = doc, indent = None).toString
+    JsonCodec.jsonEncoder(schema).encodeJson(doc, indent = None).toString
   )
 }
diff --git a/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/ElasticRequest.scala b/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/ElasticRequest.scala
index 41fe68ae0..ea662630a 100644
--- a/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/ElasticRequest.scala
+++ b/modules/library/src/main/scala/zio/elasticsearch/ElasticRequest.scala
@@ -26,11 +26,18 @@ object ElasticRequest {
 
   def create[A: Schema](
     index: IndexName,
-    id: Option[DocumentId],
+    id: DocumentId,
     doc: A,
-    routing: Option[Routing] = None
+    routing: Option[Routing]
+  ): ElasticRequest[Unit] =
+    Create(index, Some(id), Document.from(doc), routing)
+
+  def create[A: Schema](
+    index: IndexName,
+    doc: A,
+    routing: Option[Routing]
   ): ElasticRequest[Unit] =
-    Create(index, id, Document.from(doc), routing)
+    Create(index, None, Document.from(doc), routing)
 
   def upsert[A: Schema](
     index: IndexName,