diff --git a/isso/views/comments.py b/isso/views/comments.py
index d45157a03..cff19c807 100644
--- a/isso/views/comments.py
+++ b/isso/views/comments.py
@@ -219,14 +219,14 @@ def verify(cls, comment):
     @api {post} /new create new
     @apiGroup Comment
     @apiName new
-    @apiVersion 0.12.6
+    @apiVersion 0.13.0
     @apiDescription
         Creates a new comment. The server issues a cookie per new comment which acts as
         an authentication token to modify or delete the comment.
         The token is cryptographically signed and expires automatically after 900 seconds (=15min) by default.
     @apiUse csrf
 
-    @apiQuery {String} uri
+    @apiBody {String} uri
         The uri of the thread to create the comment on.
     @apiBody {String{3...65535}} text
         The comment’s raw text.
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def verify(cls, comment):
         The parent comment’s id if the new comment is a response to an existing comment.
 
     @apiExample {curl} Create a reply to comment with id 15:
-        curl 'https://comments.example.com/new?uri=/thread/' -d '{"text": "Stop saying that! *isso*!", "author": "Max Rant", "email": "rant@example.com", "parent": 15}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -c cookie.txt
+        curl 'https://comments.example.com/new' -d '{"uri": "/thread/", "text": "Stop saying that! *isso*!", "author": "Max Rant", "email": "rant@example.com", "parent": 15}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -c cookie.txt
 
     @apiUse commentResponse
 
@@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ def verify(cls, comment):
         }
     """
     @xhr
-    @requires(str, 'uri')
-    def new(self, environ, request, uri):
+    def new(self, environ, request):
 
         data = request.json
+        uri = data.get('uri')
 
         for field in set(data.keys()) - API.ACCEPT:
             data.pop(field)