diff --git a/command/agent/resources_endpoint.go b/command/agent/resources_endpoint.go
index 40106d3c5..36e0054fe 100644
--- a/command/agent/resources_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/resources_endpoint.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ResourcesRequest accepts a prefix and context and returns a list of matching
-// prefixes for that context.
+// IDs for that context.
 func (s *HTTPServer) ResourcesRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface{}, error) {
 	if req.Method == "POST" || req.Method == "PUT" {
 		return s.resourcesRequest(resp, req)
diff --git a/command/agent/resources_endpoint_test.go b/command/agent/resources_endpoint_test.go
index 60662f9ca..f658cf936 100644
--- a/command/agent/resources_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/resources_endpoint_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestHTTP_Resources_POST(t *testing.T) {
 	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestAgent) {
 		createJobForTest(testJob, s, t)
 
-		data := structs.ResourcesRequest{Prefix: testJobPrefix, Context: "job"}
+		data := structs.ResourcesRequest{Prefix: testJobPrefix, Context: "jobs"}
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/resources", encodeReq(data))
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ func TestHTTP_Resources_POST(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(res.Matches))
 
-		j := res.Matches["job"]
+		j := res.Matches["jobs"]
 
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(j))
 		assert.Equal(t, j[0], testJob)
+
 		assert.Equal(t, res.Truncations["job"], false)
+		assert.NotEqual(t, "0", respW.HeaderMap.Get("X-Nomad-Index"))
 	})
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ func TestHTTP_Resources_PUT(t *testing.T) {
 	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestAgent) {
 		createJobForTest(testJob, s, t)
 
-		data := structs.ResourcesRequest{Prefix: testJobPrefix, Context: "job"}
+		data := structs.ResourcesRequest{Prefix: testJobPrefix, Context: "jobs"}
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", "/v1/resources", encodeReq(data))
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -92,11 +94,13 @@ func TestHTTP_Resources_PUT(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(res.Matches))
 
-		j := res.Matches["job"]
+		j := res.Matches["jobs"]
 
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(j))
 		assert.Equal(t, j[0], testJob)
+
 		assert.Equal(t, res.Truncations["job"], false)
+		assert.NotEqual(t, "0", respW.HeaderMap.Get("X-Nomad-Index"))
 	})
 }
 
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ func TestHTTP_Resources_MultipleJobs(t *testing.T) {
 		createJobForTest(testJobB, s, t)
 		createJobForTest(testJobC, s, t)
 
-		data := structs.ResourcesRequest{Prefix: testJobPrefix, Context: "job"}
+		data := structs.ResourcesRequest{Prefix: testJobPrefix, Context: "jobs"}
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/resources", encodeReq(data))
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -130,12 +134,15 @@ func TestHTTP_Resources_MultipleJobs(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(res.Matches))
 
-		j := res.Matches["job"]
+		j := res.Matches["jobs"]
 
 		assert.Equal(t, 2, len(j))
 		assert.Contains(t, j, testJobA)
 		assert.Contains(t, j, testJobB)
 		assert.NotContains(t, j, testJobC)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, res.Truncations["job"], false)
+		assert.NotEqual(t, "0", respW.HeaderMap.Get("X-Nomad-Index"))
 	})
 }
 
@@ -145,15 +152,14 @@ func TestHTTP_ResoucesList_Evaluation(t *testing.T) {
 		state := s.Agent.server.State()
 		eval1 := mock.Eval()
 		eval2 := mock.Eval()
-		err := state.UpsertEvals(1000,
+		err := state.UpsertEvals(9000,
 			[]*structs.Evaluation{eval1, eval2})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		// Make the HTTP request
-		evalPrefix := eval1.ID[:len(eval1.ID)-2]
-		data := structs.ResourcesRequest{Prefix: evalPrefix, Context: "eval"}
+		prefix := eval1.ID[:len(eval1.ID)-2]
+		data := structs.ResourcesRequest{Prefix: prefix, Context: "evals"}
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/resources", encodeReq(data))
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
@@ -169,19 +175,20 @@ func TestHTTP_ResoucesList_Evaluation(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(res.Matches))
 
-		j := res.Matches["eval"]
-
+		j := res.Matches["evals"]
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(j))
 		assert.Contains(t, j, eval1.ID)
 		assert.NotContains(t, j, eval2.ID)
-		assert.Equal(t, res.Truncations["eval"], false)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, res.Truncations["evals"], false)
+		assert.Equal(t, "9000", respW.HeaderMap.Get("X-Nomad-Index"))
 	})
 }
 
 func TestHTTP_Resources_NoJob(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestAgent) {
-		data := structs.ResourcesRequest{Prefix: "12345", Context: "job"}
+		data := structs.ResourcesRequest{Prefix: "12345", Context: "jobs"}
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/v1/resources", encodeReq(data))
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -198,6 +205,8 @@ func TestHTTP_Resources_NoJob(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(res.Matches))
 		assert.Equal(t, 0, len(res.Matches["jobs"]))
+
+		assert.Equal(t, "0", respW.HeaderMap.Get("X-Nomad-Index"))
 	})
 }
 
@@ -211,7 +220,7 @@ func TestHTTP_Resources_NoContext(t *testing.T) {
 		state := s.Agent.server.State()
 		eval1 := mock.Eval()
 		eval1.ID = testJobID
-		err := state.UpsertEvals(1000,
+		err := state.UpsertEvals(9000,
 			[]*structs.Evaluation{eval1})
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
@@ -232,8 +241,8 @@ func TestHTTP_Resources_NoContext(t *testing.T) {
 
 		res := resp.(structs.ResourcesResponse)
 
-		matchedJobs := res.Matches["job"]
-		matchedEvals := res.Matches["eval"]
+		matchedJobs := res.Matches["jobs"]
+		matchedEvals := res.Matches["evals"]
 
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(matchedJobs))
 		assert.Equal(t, 1, len(matchedEvals))
diff --git a/nomad/resources_endpoint.go b/nomad/resources_endpoint.go
index f0c165d87..cdf7f3757 100644
--- a/nomad/resources_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/resources_endpoint.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func getMatches(iter memdb.ResultIterator) ([]string, bool) {
 			case *structs.Node:
 				return i.(*structs.Node).ID, nil
 			default:
-				return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid context")
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid type")
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ func getMatches(iter memdb.ResultIterator) ([]string, bool) {
 // that context
 func getResourceIter(context, prefix string, ws memdb.WatchSet, state *state.StateStore) (memdb.ResultIterator, error) {
 	switch context {
-	case "job":
+	case "jobs":
 		return state.JobsByIDPrefix(ws, prefix)
-	case "eval":
+	case "evals":
 		return state.EvalsByIDPrefix(ws, prefix)
-	case "alloc":
+	case "allocs":
 		return state.AllocsByIDPrefix(ws, prefix)
-	case "node":
+	case "nodes":
 		return state.NodesByIDPrefix(ws, prefix)
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid context")
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (r *Resources) List(args *structs.ResourcesRequest,
 				}
 				iters[args.Context] = iter
 			} else {
-				for _, e := range []string{"alloc", "node", "job", "eval"} {
+				for _, e := range []string{"allocs", "nodes", "jobs", "evals"} {
 					iter, err := getResourceIter(e, args.Prefix, ws, state)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (r *Resources) List(args *structs.ResourcesRequest,
 				}
 			}
 
-			// Return jobs matching given prefix
+			// Return matches for the given prefix
 			for k, v := range iters {
 				res, isTrunc := getMatches(v)
 				reply.Matches[k] = res
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ func (r *Resources) List(args *structs.ResourcesRequest,
 				for k, v := range reply.Matches {
 					if len(v) != 0 {
 						index, err = state.Index(k)
+						break
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/nomad/resources_endpoint_test.go b/nomad/resources_endpoint_test.go
index 4b1e75343..a6774379b 100644
--- a/nomad/resources_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/nomad/resources_endpoint_test.go
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+const jobIndex = 1000
+
 func registerAndVerifyJob(s *Server, t *testing.T, prefix string, counter int) string {
 	job := mock.Job()
 
 	job.ID = prefix + strconv.Itoa(counter)
 	state := s.fsm.State()
-	err := state.UpsertJob(1000, job)
+	err := state.UpsertJob(jobIndex, job)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req := &structs.ResourcesRequest{
 		Prefix:  prefix,
-		Context: "job",
+		Context: "jobs",
 	}
 
 	var resp structs.ResourcesResponse
@@ -47,9 +49,9 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["job"]))
-	assert.Equal(t, jobID, resp.Matches["job"][0])
-	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, resp.Index)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["jobs"]))
+	assert.Equal(t, jobID, resp.Matches["jobs"][0])
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(jobIndex), resp.Index)
 }
 
 // truncate should limit results to 20
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Truncate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req := &structs.ResourcesRequest{
 		Prefix:  prefix,
-		Context: "job",
+		Context: "jobs",
 	}
 
 	var resp structs.ResourcesResponse
@@ -79,9 +81,9 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Truncate(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, 20, len(resp.Matches["job"]))
-	assert.Equal(t, resp.Truncations["job"], true)
-	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, resp.Index)
+	assert.Equal(t, 20, len(resp.Matches["jobs"]))
+	assert.Equal(t, resp.Truncations["jobs"], true)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(jobIndex), resp.Index)
 }
 
 func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Evals(t *testing.T) {
@@ -95,13 +97,13 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Evals(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.WaitForLeader(t, s.RPC)
 
 	eval1 := mock.Eval()
-	s.fsm.State().UpsertEvals(1000, []*structs.Evaluation{eval1})
+	s.fsm.State().UpsertEvals(2000, []*structs.Evaluation{eval1})
 
 	prefix := eval1.ID[:len(eval1.ID)-2]
 
 	req := &structs.ResourcesRequest{
 		Prefix:  prefix,
-		Context: "eval",
+		Context: "evals",
 	}
 
 	var resp structs.ResourcesResponse
@@ -109,11 +111,11 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Evals(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["eval"]))
-	assert.Equal(t, eval1.ID, resp.Matches["eval"][0])
-	assert.Equal(t, resp.Truncations["job"], false)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["evals"]))
+	assert.Equal(t, eval1.ID, resp.Matches["evals"][0])
+	assert.Equal(t, resp.Truncations["evals"], false)
 
-	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, resp.Index)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(2000), resp.Index)
 }
 
 func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Allocation(t *testing.T) {
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Allocation(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := state.UpsertJobSummary(999, summary); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
-	if err := state.UpsertAllocs(1000, []*structs.Allocation{alloc}); err != nil {
+	if err := state.UpsertAllocs(90, []*structs.Allocation{alloc}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Allocation(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req := &structs.ResourcesRequest{
 		Prefix:  prefix,
-		Context: "alloc",
+		Context: "allocs",
 	}
 
 	var resp structs.ResourcesResponse
@@ -149,11 +151,11 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Allocation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["alloc"]))
-	assert.Equal(t, alloc.ID, resp.Matches["alloc"][0])
-	assert.Equal(t, resp.Truncations["alloc"], false)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["allocs"]))
+	assert.Equal(t, alloc.ID, resp.Matches["allocs"][0])
+	assert.Equal(t, resp.Truncations["allocs"], false)
 
-	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, resp.Index)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(90), resp.Index)
 }
 
 func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Node(t *testing.T) {
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Node(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req := &structs.ResourcesRequest{
 		Prefix:  prefix,
-		Context: "node",
+		Context: "nodes",
 	}
 
 	var resp structs.ResourcesResponse
@@ -185,9 +187,11 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_Node(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["node"]))
-	assert.Equal(t, node.ID, resp.Matches["node"][0])
-	assert.Equal(t, resp.Truncations["node"], false)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["nodes"]))
+	assert.Equal(t, node.ID, resp.Matches["nodes"][0])
+	assert.Equal(t, false, resp.Truncations["nodes"])
+
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(100), resp.Index)
 }
 
 func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_InvalidContext(t *testing.T) {
@@ -209,7 +213,7 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_InvalidContext(t *testing.T) {
 	err := msgpackrpc.CallWithCodec(codec, "Resources.List", req, &resp)
 	assert.Equal(t, err.Error(), "invalid context")
 
-	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, resp.Index)
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(0), resp.Index)
 }
 
 func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_NoContext(t *testing.T) {
@@ -247,13 +251,13 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_NoContext(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["node"]))
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["eval"]))
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["nodes"]))
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["evals"]))
 
-	assert.Equal(t, node.ID, resp.Matches["node"][0])
-	assert.Equal(t, eval1.ID, resp.Matches["eval"][0])
+	assert.Equal(t, node.ID, resp.Matches["nodes"][0])
+	assert.Equal(t, eval1.ID, resp.Matches["evals"][0])
 
-	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, resp.Index)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, uint64(0), resp.Index)
 }
 
 // Tests that the top 20 matches are returned when no prefix is set
@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_NoPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req := &structs.ResourcesRequest{
 		Prefix:  "",
-		Context: "job",
+		Context: "jobs",
 	}
 
 	var resp structs.ResourcesResponse
@@ -281,9 +285,9 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_NoPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["job"]))
-	assert.Equal(t, jobID, resp.Matches["job"][0])
-	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, resp.Index)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(resp.Matches["jobs"]))
+	assert.Equal(t, jobID, resp.Matches["jobs"][0])
+	assert.Equal(t, uint64(jobIndex), resp.Index)
 }
 
 // Tests that the zero matches are returned when a prefix has no matching
@@ -302,7 +306,7 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_NoMatches(t *testing.T) {
 
 	req := &structs.ResourcesRequest{
 		Prefix:  prefix,
-		Context: "job",
+		Context: "jobs",
 	}
 
 	var resp structs.ResourcesResponse
@@ -310,6 +314,6 @@ func TestResourcesEndpoint_List_NoMatches(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(resp.Matches["job"]))
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(resp.Matches["jobs"]))
 	assert.Equal(t, uint64(0), resp.Index)
 }