diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/README.md b/x-pack/plugins/actions/README.md
index 12e5851ab04459..1eb94af4dddf8c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/README.md
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/README.md
@@ -349,17 +349,18 @@ const result = await actionsClient.execute({
 
 Kibana ships with a set of built-in action types:
 
-| Type                            | Id            | Description                                                        |
-| ------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| [Server log](#server-log)       | `.server-log` | Logs messages to the Kibana log using Kibana's logger              |
-| [Email](#email)                 | `.email`      | Sends an email using SMTP                                          |
-| [Slack](#slack)                 | `.slack`      | Posts a message to a slack channel                                 |
-| [Index](#index)                 | `.index`      | Indexes document(s) into Elasticsearch                             |
-| [Webhook](#webhook)             | `.webhook`    | Send a payload to a web service using HTTP POST or PUT             |
-| [PagerDuty](#pagerduty)         | `.pagerduty`  | Trigger, resolve, or acknowlege an incident to a PagerDuty service |
-| [ServiceNow](#servicenow)       | `.servicenow` | Create or update an incident to a ServiceNow instance              |
-| [Jira](#jira)                   | `.jira`       | Create or update an issue to a Jira instance                       |
-| [IBM Resilient](#ibm-resilient) | `.resilient`  | Create or update an incident to a IBM Resilient instance           |
+| Type                            | Id                | Description                                                        |
+| ------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| [Server log](#server-log)       | `.server-log`     | Logs messages to the Kibana log using Kibana's logger              |
+| [Email](#email)                 | `.email`          | Sends an email using SMTP                                          |
+| [Slack](#slack)                 | `.slack`          | Posts a message to a slack channel                                 |
+| [Index](#index)                 | `.index`          | Indexes document(s) into Elasticsearch                             |
+| [Webhook](#webhook)             | `.webhook`        | Send a payload to a web service using HTTP POST or PUT             |
+| [PagerDuty](#pagerduty)         | `.pagerduty`      | Trigger, resolve, or acknowlege an incident to a PagerDuty service |
+| [ServiceNow ITSM](#servicenow)  | `.servicenow`     | Create or update an incident to a ServiceNow ITSM instance         |
+| [ServiceNow SIR](#servicenow)   | `.servicenow-sir` | Create or update an incident to a ServiceNow SIR instance          |
+| [Jira](#jira)                   | `.jira`           | Create or update an issue to a Jira instance                       |
+| [IBM Resilient](#ibm-resilient) | `.resilient`      | Create or update an incident to a IBM Resilient instance           |
 
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@@ -551,9 +552,11 @@ For more details see [PagerDuty v2 event parameters](https://v2.developer.pagerd
 
 ## ServiceNow
 
-ID: `.servicenow`
+ServiceNow ITSM ID: `.servicenow`
 
-The ServiceNow action uses the [V2 Table API](https://developer.servicenow.com/app.do#!/rest_api_doc?v=orlando&id=c_TableAPI) to create and update ServiceNow incidents.
+ServiceNow SIR ID: `.servicenow-sir`
+
+The ServiceNow actions use the [V2 Table API](https://developer.servicenow.com/app.do#!/rest_api_doc?v=orlando&id=c_TableAPI) to create and update ServiceNow incidents. Both action types use the same `config`, `secrets`, and `params` schema.
 
 ### `config`