diff --git a/docs/reference.asciidoc b/docs/reference.asciidoc
index 274d5f472..784ec90d7 100644
--- a/docs/reference.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference.asciidoc
@@ -4165,7 +4165,7 @@ client.cluster.state({ ... })
 ** *`flat_settings` (Optional, boolean)*: Return settings in flat format (default: false)
 ** *`ignore_unavailable` (Optional, boolean)*: Whether specified concrete indices should be ignored when unavailable (missing or closed)
 ** *`local` (Optional, boolean)*: Return local information, do not retrieve the state from master node (default: false)
-** *`master_timeout` (Optional, string | -1 | 0)*: Specify timeout for connection to master
+** *`master_timeout` (Optional, string | -1 | 0)*: Timeout for waiting for new cluster state in case it is blocked
 ** *`wait_for_metadata_version` (Optional, number)*: Wait for the metadata version to be equal or greater than the specified metadata version
 ** *`wait_for_timeout` (Optional, string | -1 | 0)*: The maximum time to wait for wait_for_metadata_version before timing out
 
@@ -6746,7 +6746,7 @@ client.indices.getIndexTemplate({ ... })
 ==== Arguments
 
 * *Request (object):*
-** *`name` (Optional, string)*: List of index template names used to limit the request. Wildcard (*) expressions are supported.
+** *`name` (Optional, string)*: Name of index template to retrieve. Wildcard (*) expressions are supported.
 ** *`local` (Optional, boolean)*: If true, the request retrieves information from the local node only. Defaults to false, which means information is retrieved from the master node.
 ** *`flat_settings` (Optional, boolean)*: If true, returns settings in flat format.
 ** *`master_timeout` (Optional, string | -1 | 0)*: Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.