diff --git a/api/doc/service-schema.json b/api/doc/service-schema.json
index 0f85b40ac981c..f5a8aba95f76d 100644
--- a/api/doc/service-schema.json
+++ b/api/doc/service-schema.json
@@ -32,5 +32,9 @@
       "type": "object",
       "required": false
     }
+    "selector": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": false
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/api/examples/external-service.json b/api/examples/external-service.json
index e3f1d437ced76..e841b2e946b38 100644
--- a/api/examples/external-service.json
+++ b/api/examples/external-service.json
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@
   "labels": {
      "name": "nginx"
   },
+  "selector": {
+     "name": "nginx"
+  },
   "createExternalLoadBalancer": true
 }
diff --git a/api/examples/service.json b/api/examples/service.json
index 68012f445995a..f194aea41edd5 100644
--- a/api/examples/service.json
+++ b/api/examples/service.json
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
   "labels": {
      "name": "nginx"
   }
+  "selector": {
+     "name": "nginx"
+  }
 }