diff --git a/docs/querying/api.md b/docs/querying/api.md
index 4e5766c5cd..8ba9b02c63 100644
--- a/docs/querying/api.md
+++ b/docs/querying/api.md
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ It will optionally skip snapshotting data that is only present in the head block
 
 ```
 POST /api/v1/admin/tsdb/snapshot?skip_head=<bool>
+PUT /api/v1/admin/tsdb/snapshot?skip_head=<bool>
 ```
 
 ```json
@@ -705,10 +706,9 @@ $ curl -XPOST http://localhost:9090/api/v1/admin/tsdb/snapshot
   }
 }
 ```
-
 The snapshot now exists at `<data-dir>/snapshots/20171210T211224Z-2be650b6d019eb54`
 
-*New in v2.1*
+*New in v2.1 and supports PUT from v2.9*
 
 ### Delete Series
 DeleteSeries deletes data for a selection of series in a time range. The actual data still exists on disk and is cleaned up in future compactions or can be explicitly cleaned up by hitting the Clean Tombstones endpoint.
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ If successful, a `204` is returned.
 
 ```
 POST /api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series
+PUT /api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series
 ```
 
 URL query parameters:
@@ -733,7 +734,7 @@ Example:
 $ curl -X POST \
   -g 'http://localhost:9090/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series?match[]=up&match[]=process_start_time_seconds{job="prometheus"}'
 ```
-*New in v2.1*
+*New in v2.1 and supports PUT from v2.9*
 
 ### Clean Tombstones
 CleanTombstones removes the deleted data from disk and cleans up the existing tombstones. This can be used after deleting series to free up space.
@@ -742,6 +743,7 @@ If successful, a `204` is returned.
 
 ```
 POST /api/v1/admin/tsdb/clean_tombstones
+PUT /api/v1/admin/tsdb/clean_tombstones
 ```
 
 This takes no parameters or body.
@@ -750,4 +752,4 @@ This takes no parameters or body.
 $ curl -XPOST http://localhost:9090/api/v1/admin/tsdb/clean_tombstones
 ```
 
-*New in v2.1*
+*New in v2.1 and supports PUT from v2.9*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api.go b/web/api/v1/api.go
index c8d0eb3427..07d31bc4b4 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api.go
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ func (api *API) Register(r *route.Router) {
 	r.Post("/admin/tsdb/delete_series", wrap(api.deleteSeries))
 	r.Post("/admin/tsdb/clean_tombstones", wrap(api.cleanTombstones))
 	r.Post("/admin/tsdb/snapshot", wrap(api.snapshot))
+
+	r.Put("/admin/tsdb/delete_series", wrap(api.deleteSeries))
+	r.Put("/admin/tsdb/clean_tombstones", wrap(api.cleanTombstones))
+	r.Put("/admin/tsdb/snapshot", wrap(api.snapshot))
+
 }
 
 type queryData struct {
diff --git a/web/web.go b/web/web.go
index 647a2e26b3..41f79e08ac 100644
--- a/web/web.go
+++ b/web/web.go
@@ -307,7 +307,9 @@ func New(logger log.Logger, o *Options) *Handler {
 
 	if o.EnableLifecycle {
 		router.Post("/-/quit", h.quit)
+		router.Put("/-/quit", h.quit)
 		router.Post("/-/reload", h.reload)
+		router.Put("/-/reload", h.reload)
 	} else {
 		router.Post("/-/quit", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
@@ -320,11 +322,11 @@ func New(logger log.Logger, o *Options) *Handler {
 	}
 	router.Get("/-/quit", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
-		w.Write([]byte("Only POST requests allowed"))
+		w.Write([]byte("Only POST or PUT requests allowed"))
 	})
 	router.Get("/-/reload", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
-		w.Write([]byte("Only POST requests allowed"))
+		w.Write([]byte("Only POST or PUT requests allowed"))
 	})
 
 	router.Get("/debug/*subpath", serveDebug)