diff --git a/templates/zerver/api/add-subscriptions.md b/templates/zerver/api/add-subscriptions.md
index 19e5bea193..661a737524 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/api/add-subscriptions.md
+++ b/templates/zerver/api/add-subscriptions.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Subscribe one or more users to one or more streams.
 
 `POST {{ api_url }}/v1/users/me/subcriptions`
 
+If any of the specified streams do not exist, they are automatically
+created, and configured using the `invite_only` setting specified in
+the arguments (see below).
+
 ## Usage examples
 <div class="code-section" markdown="1">
 <ul class="nav">
diff --git a/templates/zerver/api/arguments.json b/templates/zerver/api/arguments.json
index 2e808b3922..c28f032392 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/api/arguments.json
+++ b/templates/zerver/api/arguments.json
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
         },
         {
             "argument": "invite_only",
-            "description": "A boolean specifying whether the streams specified in `subscriptions` are private or not. Default is `False`.",
+            "description": "A boolean specifying whether any streams created by this request should be created as private streams. Default is `False`.",
             "required": false,
             "example": "`True` or `False`"
         },
diff --git a/templates/zerver/api/create-stream.md b/templates/zerver/api/create-stream.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7589363474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/zerver/api/create-stream.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Create a stream
+
+You can create a stream using Zulip's REST API by submitting a
+[subscribe](/api/add-subscriptions) request with a stream name that
+doesn't yet exist.  You can specify the initial configuration of the
+stream using the `invite_only` and `announce` arguments to that
+request.
diff --git a/templates/zerver/help/include/rest-endpoints.md b/templates/zerver/help/include/rest-endpoints.md
index 342d91dc13..07c7e54b4b 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/help/include/rest-endpoints.md
+++ b/templates/zerver/help/include/rest-endpoints.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 * [Add subscriptions](/api/add-subscriptions)
 * [Remove subscriptions](/api/remove-subscriptions)
 * [Get topics in a stream](/api/get-stream-topics)
+* [Create a stream](/api/create-stream)
 
 #### Users