diff --git a/confluent/httpapi.py b/confluent/httpapi.py
index 7fe074b4..92968700 100644
--- a/confluent/httpapi.py
+++ b/confluent/httpapi.py
@@ -215,9 +215,10 @@ def resourcehandler(env, start_response):
         start_response('200 OK', headers)
         if mimetype == 'text/html':
             yield '<html><body><form action="' + resource + '" method="post">'
+            yield '<input type="hidden" name="restexplorerop" value="update">'
             for rsp in hdlr:
                 yield rsp.html()
-                yield '<br>'
+                yield "<br>\n"
             yield '</form></body></html>'
         else:
             yield '['
diff --git a/confluent/messages.py b/confluent/messages.py
index 3a4ad13c..b1a46305 100644
--- a/confluent/messages.py
+++ b/confluent/messages.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class ConfluentMessage(object):
             snippet += label + ":" + \
                        '<input type="text" name="%s" value="%s">%s' % (
                             key, value, note)
+            snippet += '<input type="checkbox" name="restexplorerignorekey" '
+            snippet += 'value="%s" checked>' % (key)
         return snippet
 
 
