diff --git a/doc/notification_samples/common_payloads/ServiceStatusPayload.json b/doc/notification_samples/common_payloads/ServiceStatusPayload.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3b12e235a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/notification_samples/common_payloads/ServiceStatusPayload.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "nova_object.name": "ServiceStatusPayload",
+    "nova_object.namespace": "nova",
+    "nova_object.version": "1.1",
+    "nova_object.data": {
+        "host": "host2",
+        "disabled": false,
+        "binary": "nova-compute",
+        "topic": "compute",
+        "disabled_reason": null,
+        "forced_down": false,
+        "version": 23,
+        "availability_zone": null,
+        "uuid": "fa69c544-906b-4a6a-a9c6-c1f7a8078c73",
+        "last_seen_up": null,
+        "report_count": 0
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/doc/notification_samples/service-create.json b/doc/notification_samples/service-create.json
index 3855b1e5a15c..982bc93dd434 100644
--- a/doc/notification_samples/service-create.json
+++ b/doc/notification_samples/service-create.json
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
 {
     "priority": "INFO",
     "payload": {
-        "nova_object.namespace": "nova",
-        "nova_object.name": "ServiceStatusPayload",
-        "nova_object.version": "1.1",
-        "nova_object.data": {
-            "host": "host2",
-            "disabled": false,
-            "last_seen_up": null,
-            "binary": "nova-compute",
-            "topic": "compute",
-            "disabled_reason": null,
-            "report_count": 0,
-            "forced_down": false,
-            "version": 23,
-            "availability_zone": null,
-            "uuid": "fa69c544-906b-4a6a-a9c6-c1f7a8078c73"
-        }
+        "$ref": "common_payloads/ServiceStatusPayload.json#"
     },
     "event_type": "service.create",
     "publisher_id": "nova-compute:host2"
 }
+
diff --git a/doc/notification_samples/service-delete.json b/doc/notification_samples/service-delete.json
index 02d2623d5c89..c17d2ad7c9fa 100644
--- a/doc/notification_samples/service-delete.json
+++ b/doc/notification_samples/service-delete.json
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
 {
     "priority": "INFO",
     "payload": {
-        "nova_object.namespace": "nova",
-        "nova_object.name": "ServiceStatusPayload",
-        "nova_object.version": "1.1",
-        "nova_object.data": {
-            "host": "host2",
-            "disabled": false,
-            "last_seen_up": null,
-            "binary": "nova-compute",
-            "topic": "compute",
-            "disabled_reason": null,
-            "report_count": 0,
-            "forced_down": false,
-            "version": 23,
-            "availability_zone": null,
-            "uuid": "32887c0a-5063-4d39-826f-4903c241c376"
-        }
+        "$ref": "common_payloads/ServiceStatusPayload.json#"
     },
     "event_type": "service.delete",
     "publisher_id": "nova-compute:host2"
 }
+
diff --git a/doc/notification_samples/service-update.json b/doc/notification_samples/service-update.json
index dedb9389f4b4..7f95e3b8d1ca 100644
--- a/doc/notification_samples/service-update.json
+++ b/doc/notification_samples/service-update.json
@@ -1,23 +1,14 @@
 {
     "priority": "INFO",
     "payload": {
-        "nova_object.namespace": "nova",
-        "nova_object.name": "ServiceStatusPayload",
-        "nova_object.version": "1.1",
+        "$ref": "common_payloads/ServiceStatusPayload.json#",
         "nova_object.data": {
             "host": "host1",
-            "disabled": false,
             "last_seen_up": "2012-10-29T13:42:05Z",
-            "binary": "nova-compute",
-            "topic": "compute",
-            "disabled_reason": null,
-            "report_count": 1,
-            "forced_down": false,
-            "version": 23,
-            "availability_zone": null,
-            "uuid": "fa69c544-906b-4a6a-a9c6-c1f7a8078c73"
+            "report_count": 1
         }
     },
     "event_type": "service.update",
     "publisher_id": "nova-compute:host1"
 }
+