diff --git a/Documentation/rest-api-config.txt b/Documentation/rest-api-config.txt
index fe2025c14d..a0e9954ecf 100644
--- a/Documentation/rest-api-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rest-api-config.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ As result a link:#server-info[ServerInfo] entity is returned.
 [[check-consistency]]
 === Check Consistency
 --
-'POST /config/server/check'
+'POST /config/server/check.consistency'
 --
 
 Runs consistency checks and returns detected problems.
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ link:#consistency-check-input[ConsistencyCheckInput] entity.
 
 .Request
 ----
-  POST /config/server/check HTTP/1.0
+  POST /config/server/check.consistency HTTP/1.0
   Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
 
   {
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/Module.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/Module.java
index 612fea2e07..7bf5ad5ce0 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/Module.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/config/Module.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class Module extends RestApiModule {
     child(CONFIG_KIND, "top-menus").to(TopMenuCollection.class);
     get(CONFIG_KIND, "version").to(GetVersion.class);
     get(CONFIG_KIND, "info").to(GetServerInfo.class);
-    post(CONFIG_KIND, "check").to(CheckConsistency.class);
+    post(CONFIG_KIND, "check.consistency").to(CheckConsistency.class);
     get(CONFIG_KIND, "preferences").to(GetPreferences.class);
     put(CONFIG_KIND, "preferences").to(SetPreferences.class);
     get(CONFIG_KIND, "preferences.diff").to(GetDiffPreferences.class);