diff --git a/doc/7/controllers/document/update/index.md b/doc/7/controllers/document/update/index.md
index a2587af85..8cc02918b 100644
--- a/doc/7/controllers/document/update/index.md
+++ b/doc/7/controllers/document/update/index.md
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ Additional query options
 | `queuable`        | <pre>boolean</pre><br/>(`true`) | If true, queues the request during downtime, until connected to Kuzzle again       |
 | `refresh`         | <pre>string</pre><br/>(`""`)    | If set to `wait_for`, waits for the change to be reflected for `search` (up to 1s) |
 | `retryOnConflict` | <pre>int</pre><br/>(`0`)        | The number of times the database layer should retry in case of version conflict    |
+| `source`          | <pre>boolean</pre><br/>(`false`)| If true, returns the updated document inside the response
 
 ## Resolves
 
-Resolves to an object containing the the document update result.
+Resolves to an object containing the document update result.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/document.js b/src/controllers/document.js
index 5927c846b..ea2664098 100644
--- a/src/controllers/document.js
+++ b/src/controllers/document.js
@@ -213,8 +213,10 @@ class DocumentController extends BaseController {
       _id,
       body,
       action: 'update',
-      retryOnConflict: options.retryOnConflict
+      retryOnConflict: options.retryOnConflict,
+      source: options.source
     };
+    delete options.source;
     delete options.retryOnConflict;
 
     return this.query(request, options)
diff --git a/test/controllers/document.test.js b/test/controllers/document.test.js
index e25e619ff..2cbada2b0 100644
--- a/test/controllers/document.test.js
+++ b/test/controllers/document.test.js
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ describe('Document Controller', () => {
               collection: 'collection',
               _id: 'document-id',
               body: {foo: 'bar'},
-              retryOnConflict: undefined
+              retryOnConflict: undefined,
+              source: undefined
             }, options);
 
           should(res).be.equal(result);
@@ -539,7 +540,36 @@ describe('Document Controller', () => {
               collection: 'collection',
               _id: 'document-id',
               body: {foo: 'bar'},
-              retryOnConflict: true
+              retryOnConflict: true,
+              source: undefined
+            }, {});
+
+          should(res).be.equal(result);
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should inject the "source" option into the request', () => {
+      const result = {
+        _id: 'document-id',
+        _version: 1,
+        _source: { foo: 'bar' },
+        created: false
+      };
+      kuzzle.query.resolves({ result });
+
+      return kuzzle.document.update('index', 'collection', 'document-id', { foo: 'bar' }, { source: true })
+        .then(res => {
+          should(kuzzle.query)
+            .be.calledOnce()
+            .be.calledWith({
+              controller: 'document',
+              action: 'update',
+              index: 'index',
+              collection: 'collection',
+              _id: 'document-id',
+              body: { foo: 'bar' },
+              retryOnConflict: undefined,
+              source: true
             }, {});
 
           should(res).be.equal(result);