diff --git a/api/swagger.yml b/api/swagger.yml
index d54372d5f91..95eb699379f 100644
--- a/api/swagger.yml
+++ b/api/swagger.yml
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ components:
           description: ID of tag to create
         ref:
           type: string
-          description: reference to commit to tag
+          description: the commit to tag
 
     TaskInfo:
       type: object