diff --git a/src/Nest/DSL/IndicesStatsDescriptor.cs b/src/Nest/DSL/IndicesStatsDescriptor.cs
index 607660b84b6..08b4aaa811c 100644
--- a/src/Nest/DSL/IndicesStatsDescriptor.cs
+++ b/src/Nest/DSL/IndicesStatsDescriptor.cs
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ public partial class IndicesStatsDescriptor : IndicesOptionalPathDescriptor<Indi
 		IEnumerable<IndicesStatsMetric> IIndicesStatsRequest.Metrics { get; set; }
 
 		//<summary>A comma-separated list of fields for `completion` metric (supports wildcards)</summary>
-		public IndicesStatsDescriptor Types(params TypeNameMarker[] completion_fields)
+		public IndicesStatsDescriptor Types(params TypeNameMarker[] types)
 		{
-			Self.RequestParameters.AddQueryString("types", completion_fields);
+			Self.Types = types;
 			return this;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/BigBadUrlUnitTests.cs b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/BigBadUrlUnitTests.cs
index 1928d5548cb..eb4f23ddb3c 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/BigBadUrlUnitTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/BigBadUrlUnitTests.cs
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ public void TestAllTheUrls()
 			Do("POST", "/_bulk", c => c.IndexMany(Enumerable.Range(0, 10).Select(i => new Doc { Id = i.ToString() })));
 			Do("POST", "/customindex/customtype/_bulk", c => c.IndexMany(Enumerable.Range(0, 10).Select(i => new Doc { Id = i.ToString() }), index: "customindex", type: "customtype"));
 			Do("GET", "/_stats", c => c.IndicesStats());
+			Do("GET", "/my_index/_stats", c => c.IndicesStats(s => s.Index("my_index")));
+			Do("GET", "/my_index/_stats?types=type1", c => c.IndicesStats(s => s.Index("my_index").Types(new TypeNameMarker[] { "type1" })));
+			Do("GET", "/my_index/_stats?types=type1%2Ctype2", c => c.IndicesStats(s => s.Index("my_index").Types(new TypeNameMarker[] { "type1", "type2" })));
 			Do("GET", "/mydefaultindex/_stats", c => c.IndicesStats(s => s.Index<Doc>()));
 			Do("PUT", "/mydefaultindex/doc/_mapping", c => c.Map<Doc>(m => m.MapFromAttributes()));
 			Do("PUT", "/mycustomindex/doc/_mapping", c => c.Map<Doc>(m => m.Index("mycustomindex")));