diff --git a/Documentation/Books/Users/Foxx/FoxxRepository.mdpp b/Documentation/Books/Users/Foxx/FoxxRepository.mdpp
index 818b05d93e..a0b2b3d893 100644
--- a/Documentation/Books/Users/Foxx/FoxxRepository.mdpp
+++ b/Documentation/Books/Users/Foxx/FoxxRepository.mdpp
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ attributes are required though):
 * *license*: Short form of the license (MIT, GPL...)
 * *name*: Name of the application (Meta information)
 * *repository*: An object with information about where you can find the repository: *type* and *url*
+* *rootElement*: Do you want to have a root element in the requests bodies? Default is false.
 * *setup*: Path to a setup script
 * *teardown*: Path to a teardown script
 * *thumbnail*: Path to a thumbnail that represents the application (Meta information)
@@ -528,4 +529,4 @@ When the TemplateMiddleware is included, you will have access to the render func
 ### Render
 
 @copydetails JSF_foxx_TemplateMiddleware_response_render
--->
\ No newline at end of file
+-->
diff --git a/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/foxx/request_context.js b/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/foxx/request_context.js
index 6fe2d4b29b..9e0bac5c50 100644
--- a/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/foxx/request_context.js
+++ b/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/foxx/request_context.js
@@ -284,6 +284,16 @@ extend(RequestContext.prototype, {
 /// For information about how to annotate your models, see the Model section.
 /// If you provide the Model in an array, the response will take multiple models
 /// instead of one.
+///
+/// If you wrap the provided model in an array, the body param is always an array
+/// and accordingly the return value of the `params` for the body call will also
+/// return an array of models.
+///
+/// The behavior of `bodyParam` changes depending on the `rootElement` option
+/// set in the manifest. If it is set to true, it is expected that the body is an
+/// object with a key of the same name as the `paramName` argument.
+/// The value of this object is either a single object or in the case of a multi
+/// element an array of objects.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   bodyParam: function (paramName, description, Proto) {