diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index e0024591..934cea2a 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ Xiuming Chen <cc@cxm.cc>
 David Szotten <davidszotten@gmail.com>
 Jorgen Jorgensen <jayjaypy@barskdata.net>
 Jason Veatch <jtveatch@gmail.com>
+Daniel <dmg.lab@outlook.com>
diff --git a/elasticsearch/client/__init__.py b/elasticsearch/client/__init__.py
index 175037b4..4b40f4c6 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/client/__init__.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/client/__init__.py
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ class Elasticsearch(object):
         if doc_type and not index:
             index = '_all'
 
-        _, data = self.transport.perform_request('POST', _make_path(index,
+        _, data = self.transport.perform_request('GET', _make_path(index,
             doc_type, '_count'), params=params, body=body)
         return data