---
title: "Edit comment text"
method: PUT
path: "/issues-api/v2/projects/{projectId}/issues/{issueUid}/comments/{issueCommentUid}"
tags: ["Issues"]
---

# Edit comment text

`PUT /issues-api/v2/projects/{projectId}/issues/{issueUid}/comments/{issueCommentUid}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.smartling.com`
- URL: `https://api.smartling.com/issues-api/v2/projects/{projectId}/issues/{issueUid}/comments/{issueCommentUid}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Replaces the text of an issue with new text.

**Note**: Only the author of an issue can perform this action. The `commentTextModifiedDate` property of an issue object shows when it was last updated.

Comment text is treated as plain text. Smartling will save the text as provided and will not attempt to render this text with any special formatting in its UIs. It will not be rendered as HTML or markdown. If you're using the Issues API, escape the text as needed before attempting to render it. Maximum length is 4000 characters.

## Path parameters

- `projectId` string, required: Unique identifier of a Smartling project — 9 lowercase alphanumeric characters.
- `issueUid` string, required
- `issueCommentUid` string, required

## Request body

- CommentRequest
  - `commentText` string, required: Text of the comment you want to make.

## Response `200`

OK

- IssueCommentEditResponse
  - `response` object, required
    - `code` 'SUCCESS', required: Indicates whether the response was successful or what error has occurred.
    - `data` object
      - `commentText` string: Issue comment text
      - `commentTextModifiedDate` string: Issue comment modification date
      - `createdByUserUid` string: Unique identifier of a user — 12 lowercase alphanumeric characters.
      - `createdDate` string: Issue comment creation date
      - `issueCommentUid` string: Issue comment identifier

## Changes

- **2026-10-17** `2cd7a8215799`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/smartling/apis/smartling-rest-api-reference/changes/issues-api/v2/projects/:projectId/issues/:issueUid/comments/:issueCommentUid/put.md)

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