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@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+layout: "http"
+page_title: "HTTP API: /v1/periodic"
+sidebar_current: "docs-http-periodic"
+description: >
+  The '/v1/periodic' endpoint is used to interact with periodic jobs.
+---
+
+# /v1/periodic
+
+The `periodic` endpoint is used to interact with a single periodic job. By
+default, the agent's local region is used; another region can be specified using
+the `?region=` query parameter.
+
+## PUT / POST
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>Description</dt>
+  <dd>
+    Forces a new instance of the periodic job. A new instance will be created
+    even if it violates the job's
+    [`prohibit_overlap`](/docs/jobspec/index.html#prohibit_overlap) settings. As
+    such, this should be only used to immediately run a periodic job.
+  </dd>
+
+  <dt>Method</dt>
+  <dd>PUT or POST</dd>
+
+  <dt>URL</dt>
+  <dd>`/v1/periodic/<ID>/force`</dd>
+
+  <dt>Parameters</dt>
+  <dd>
+    None
+  </dd>
+
+  <dt>Returns</dt>
+  <dd>
+
+    ```javascript
+    {
+    "EvalCreateIndex": 7,
+    "EvalID": "57983ddd-7fcf-3e3a-fd24-f699ccfb36f4"
+    }
+    ```
+
+  </dd>
+</dl>
diff --git a/website/source/docs/jobspec/index.html.md b/website/source/docs/jobspec/index.html.md
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@@ -184,9 +184,10 @@ The `job` object supports the following keys:
     [here](https://github.com/gorhill/cronexpr#implementation) for full
     documentation of supported cron specs and the predefined expressions.
 
-    * `prohibit_overlap` - `prohibit_overlap` can be set to true to enforce that
-    the periodic job doesn't spawn a new instance of the job if any of the
-    previous jobs are still running. It is defaulted to false.
+    * <a id="prohibit_overlap">`prohibit_overlap`</a> - `prohibit_overlap` can
+      be set to true to enforce that the periodic job doesn't spawn a new
+      instance of the job if any of the previous jobs are still running. It is
+      defaulted to false.
 
     An example `periodic` block:
 
diff --git a/website/source/layouts/http.erb b/website/source/layouts/http.erb
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--- a/website/source/layouts/http.erb
+++ b/website/source/layouts/http.erb
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
 					<a href="/docs/http/status.html">Status</a>
                 </li>
 
+				<li<%= sidebar_current("docs-http-periodic") %>>
+					<a href="/docs/http/periodic.html">Periodic Jobs</a>
+                </li>
+
 			</ul>
 		</div>
 	<% end %>