diff --git a/src/api/public/apidocs-new/components/responses/status_message_no_permission.yaml b/src/api/public/apidocs-new/components/responses/status_message_no_permission.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..147f3e04cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/public/apidocs-new/components/responses/status_message_no_permission.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+description: |
+  Status message no permission.
+
+  XML Schema used for body validation: [status.xsd](../schema/status.xsd)
+content:
+  application/xml; charset=utf-8:
+    schema:
+      $ref: '../schemas/api_response.yaml'
+    examples:
+      status message no permission:
+        value:
+          code: put_request_no_permission
+          summary: "Requires admin privileges"
diff --git a/src/api/public/apidocs-new/components/responses/validation_error.yaml b/src/api/public/apidocs-new/components/responses/validation_error.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45e303aab8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/public/apidocs-new/components/responses/validation_error.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+description: Bad request. Validation Error
+content:
+  application/xml; charset=utf-8:
+    schema:
+      $ref: '../schemas/api_response.yaml'
+    examples:
+      Validation Failed:
+        value:
+          code: validation_failed
+          summary: "status_message validation error: 2:0: ERROR: Element '<some element>': No matching global declaration available for the validation root."
diff --git a/src/api/public/apidocs-new/components/schemas/status_message.yaml b/src/api/public/apidocs-new/components/schemas/status_message.yaml
index 5dbb36d0fdb..ffb432495bf 100644
--- a/src/api/public/apidocs-new/components/schemas/status_message.yaml
+++ b/src/api/public/apidocs-new/components/schemas/status_message.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ properties:
     type: string
   created_at:
     type: string
+xml:
+  name: status_message
diff --git a/src/api/public/apidocs-new/paths/status_messages.yaml b/src/api/public/apidocs-new/paths/status_messages.yaml
index 963ca55967d..d1c6a038c14 100644
--- a/src/api/public/apidocs-new/paths/status_messages.yaml
+++ b/src/api/public/apidocs-new/paths/status_messages.yaml
@@ -30,3 +30,36 @@ get:
       $ref: '../components/responses/unauthorized.yaml'
   tags:
     - Status Messages
+
+post:
+  summary: Create a status message
+  description: |
+    Create a new status message (Only admins are allowed to add status messages).
+
+    Possible values for severity: (information, green, yellow, red, announcement).
+
+    Possible values for scope: (all_users, logged_in_users, admin_users, in_beta_users, in_rollout_users)
+  security:
+    - basic_authentication: []
+  requestBody:
+    description: Attributes for status message
+    required: true
+    content:
+      application/xml; charset=utf-8:
+        schema:
+          $ref: '../components/schemas/status_message.yaml'
+        example:
+          message: Feature number 42 was implemented!
+          severity: announcement
+          scope: all_users
+  responses:
+    '200':
+      $ref: '../components/responses/succeeded.yaml'
+    '400':
+      $ref: '../components/responses/validation_error.yaml'
+    '401':
+      $ref: '../components/responses/unauthorized.yaml'
+    '403':
+      $ref: '../components/responses/status_message_no_permission.yaml'
+  tags:
+    - Status Messages