diff --git a/swh/web/api/views/origin_save.py b/swh/web/api/views/origin_save.py
--- a/swh/web/api/views/origin_save.py
+++ b/swh/web/api/views/origin_save.py
@@ -8,10 +8,20 @@
 from swh.web.auth.utils import privileged_user
 from swh.web.common.origin_save import (
     create_save_origin_request,
+    get_savable_visit_types,
     get_save_origin_requests,
 )
 
 
+def _savable_visit_types():
+    visit_types = sorted(get_savable_visit_types())
+    docstring = ""
+    for visit_type in visit_types[:-1]:
+        docstring += f"**{visit_type}**, "
+    docstring += f"and **{visit_types[-1]}**"
+    return docstring
+
+
 @api_route(
     r"/origin/save/(?P<visit_type>.+)/url/(?P<origin_url>.+)/",
     "api-1-save-origin",
@@ -20,7 +30,7 @@
     never_cache=True,
 )
 @api_doc("/origin/save/")
-@format_docstring()
+@format_docstring(visit_types=_savable_visit_types())
 def api_save_origin(request, visit_type, origin_url):
     """
     .. http:get:: /api/1/origin/save/(visit_type)/url/(origin_url)/
@@ -56,7 +66,7 @@
         might have been submitted for the same origin).
 
         :param string visit_type: the type of visit to perform
-            (currently the supported types are ``git``, ``hg`` and ``svn``)
+            (currently the supported types are {visit_types})
         :param string origin_url: the url of the origin to save
 
         {common_headers}
diff --git a/swh/web/common/origin_save.py b/swh/web/common/origin_save.py
--- a/swh/web/common/origin_save.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/origin_save.py
@@ -170,12 +170,12 @@
     else:
         task_types = _visit_type_task
 
-    # scheduler is not available when running cypress tests
-    if get_config().get("e2e_tests_mode"):
-        return task_types
-    else:
+    # filter visit types according to scheduler load task types if available
+    try:
         load_task_types = get_scheduler_load_task_types()
         return {k: v for k, v in task_types.items() if v in load_task_types}
+    except Exception:
+        return task_types
 
 
 def get_savable_visit_types(privileged_user: bool = False) -> List[str]: