diff --git a/awx/api/templates/api/job_relaunch.md b/awx/api/templates/api/job_relaunch.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Relaunch a job:
+
+Make a POST request to this resource to launch a job. If any passwords or variables are required then they should be passed in via POST data.   In order to determine what values are required in order to launch a job based on this job template you may make a GET request to this endpoint.
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diff --git a/awx/api/templates/api/job_template_launch.md b/awx/api/templates/api/job_template_launch.md
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+Launch a Job Template:
+
+Make a POST request to this resource to launch a job. If any passwords or variables are required then they should be passed in via POST data.   In order to determine what values are required in order to launch a job based on this job template you may make a GET request to this endpoint.
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diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index ee2c21a9b7..27c41a2035 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -1468,6 +1468,8 @@ class JobTemplateSurveySpec(GenericAPIView):
                 return Response(dict(error="'question_description' missing from survey element %s" % str(idx)), status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
             if "variable" not in survey_item:
                 return Response(dict(error="'variable' missing from survey element %s" % str(idx)), status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+            if "required" not in survey_item:
+                return Response(dict(error="'required' missing from survey element %s" % str(idx)), status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
             idx += 1
         obj.save()
         return Response()