diff --git a/gracedb/superevents/utils.py b/gracedb/superevents/utils.py
index cec67f8203e27e6e6614734aaafec7a997faff0e..8722bec323bcb9a4cb4ce8db798d356a95e96359 100644
--- a/gracedb/superevents/utils.py
+++ b/gracedb/superevents/utils.py
@@ -125,11 +125,13 @@ def update_superevent(superevent, updater, add_log_message=True,
     issue_alert=True, **kwargs):
     """
     kwargs which are used as superevent parameters:
-        t_start, t_0, t_end, preferred_event
+        t_start, t_0, t_end, preferred_event,
+        em_type, coinc_far
     """
 
     # Extract "updatable" superevent params from kwargs
-    param_names = ['t_start', 't_0', 't_end', 'preferred_event']
+    param_names = ['t_start', 't_0', 't_end', 'preferred_event',
+                   'em_type','coinc_far']
     new_params = {k: v for k,v in kwargs.iteritems() if k in param_names}
 
     # Get old parameters