diff --git a/client/src/schema/schema.ts b/client/src/schema/schema.ts
index 1f9989c5deee..a508b702b9f0 100644
--- a/client/src/schema/schema.ts
+++ b/client/src/schema/schema.ts
@@ -10979,7 +10979,7 @@ export interface operations {
             header?: {
                 "run-as"?: string;
             };
-            /** @description The ID of the History. */
+            /** @description History ID or any string. */
             /** @description The ID of the item (`HDA`/`HDCA`) contained in the history. */
             /**
              * @description The type of the target history element.
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/history_contents.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/history_contents.py
index 6deec3f66493..22ef957997fe 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/history_contents.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/history_contents.py
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ def delete_typed(
         self,
         response: Response,
         trans: ProvidesHistoryContext = DependsOnTrans,
-        history_id: DecodedDatabaseIdField = HistoryIDPathParam,
+        history_id: str = Path(..., description="History ID or any string."),
         id: DecodedDatabaseIdField = HistoryItemIDPathParam,
         type: HistoryContentType = ContentTypePathParam,
         serialization_params: SerializationParams = Depends(query_serialization_params),