diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 5a75608a..839cc5cb 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _api:
+
 API Documentation
 =================
 
diff --git a/docs/helpers.rst b/docs/helpers.rst
index d6909853..f85d0685 100644
--- a/docs/helpers.rst
+++ b/docs/helpers.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _helpers:
+
 Helpers
 =======
 
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index b8b6adab..598017af 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ Example Usage
 Features
 --------
 
+This client was designed as very thin wrapper around Elasticseach's REST API to
+allow for maximum flexibility. This means that there are no opinions in this
+client; it also means that some of the APIs are a little cumbersome to use from
+Python. We have created some :ref:`helpers` to help with this issue.
+
 Extendability
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/helpers.py b/elasticsearch/helpers.py
index 95f36e9b..1772533b 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/helpers.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/helpers.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ def bulk_index(client, docs, chunk_size=500, stats_only=False, **kwargs):
         {
             '_index': 'index-name',
             '_type': 'document',
-            '_parent': '5',
+            '_id': 42,
+            '_parent': 5,
             '_ttl': '1d',
             '_source': {
                 ...