diff --git a/bcftools.wdl b/bcftools.wdl
index fbc3639dfde586e2239d7bc22548046f7bdd4fbf..7c85c960f1e3bc2d9e312aa5a7bb86d32dedc1d0 100644
--- a/bcftools.wdl
+++ b/bcftools.wdl
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ task Bcf2Vcf {
     input {
         File bcf
         String outputPath
-
         String dockerImage = "quay.io/biocontainers/bcftools:1.9--ha228f0b_3"
     }
 
@@ -21,4 +20,10 @@ task Bcf2Vcf {
     runtime {
         docker: dockerImage
     }
+
+    parameter_meta {
+        bcf: {description: "The generated BCF from an SV caller", category: "advanced"}
+        outputPath: {description: "The location the output VCF file should be written.", category: "common"}
+        dockerImage: {description: "The docker image used for this task. Changing this may result in errors which the developers may choose not to address.", category: "advanced"}
+    }
 }
diff --git a/samtools.wdl b/samtools.wdl
index ac8fedfef4c3c188ba951663ac527ee73e5873df..a07657b0e8de10e38c8fd2880a72dd31337bc3a5 100644
--- a/samtools.wdl
+++ b/samtools.wdl
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ task FilterShortReadsBam {
         File bamFile
         String outputPathBam
         String outputPathBamIndex
-
         String dockerImage = "quay.io/biocontainers/samtools:1.8--h46bd0b3_5"
     }
 
@@ -402,4 +401,11 @@ task FilterShortReadsBam {
     runtime {
         docker: dockerImage
     }
+
+    parameter_meta {
+        bamFile: {description: "The bam file to process.", category: "required"}
+        outputPathBam: {description: "The filtered bam file.", category: "advanced"}
+        outputPathBamIndex: {description: "The index of filtered bam file.", category: "advanced"}
+        dockerImage: {description: "The docker image used for this task. Changing this may result in errors which the developers may choose not to address.", category: "advanced"}
+    }
 }