diff --git a/API_REFERENCE b/API_REFERENCE
index 25a8596c..16806a1f 100644
--- a/API_REFERENCE
+++ b/API_REFERENCE
@@ -69,4 +69,7 @@ getStoryArc (List all story arcs)
 getStoryArc&customOnly=1 (List custom story arcs)
 getStoryArc&id=$arcid (Show story arc issues)
 
-addStoryArc
+addStoryArc&id=$arcid&issues=$issues (add a comma delimited list of CV issue IDs to existing Story Arc ID.
+                                      Appended in order to the end of the reading order)
+addStoryArc&storyarcname=$name&issues=$issues (create a new story arc and add a comma delimited list of CV issue IDs
+                                               to it.)
diff --git a/mylar/api.py b/mylar/api.py
index 3d0d22ba..ff6e110b 100644
--- a/mylar/api.py
+++ b/mylar/api.py
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ class Api(object):
                         arclist += "|"
             if 'arclist' in kwargs:
                 cvlist = kwargs.pop('arclist')
-                issuelist = split(cvlist,"|")
+                issuelist = cvlist.split("|")
                 index = 0
                 for issue in issuelist:
                     arclist += "%s,%s" % (issue.split(",")[0],issuecount + 1)