diff --git a/app/controllers/web/my-account/validate-alias.js b/app/controllers/web/my-account/validate-alias.js
index e74f215e34..844ddead03 100644
--- a/app/controllers/web/my-account/validate-alias.js
+++ b/app/controllers/web/my-account/validate-alias.js
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ function validateAlias(ctx, next) {
     );
   else body.recipients = [];
 
+  if (_.isEmpty(body.recipients)) body.recipients = [ctx.state.user.email];
+
   ctx.state.body = body;
 
   return next();
diff --git a/app/views/api/index.md b/app/views/api/index.md
index 738323bb8d..44cea464ba 100644
--- a/app/views/api/index.md
+++ b/app/views/api/index.md
@@ -355,14 +355,14 @@ curl -X GET BASE_URI/v1/domains/DOMAIN_NAME/aliases \
 
 > `POST /v1/domains/DOMAIN_NAME/aliases`
 
-| Body Parameter               | Required | Type            | Description                                                                                                                                                                         |
-| ---------------------------- | -------- | --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `name`                       | No       | String          | Alias name (if not provided or if blank, then a random alias is generated)                                                                                                          |
-| `recipients`                 | Yes      | String or Array | List of recipients (must be line-break/space/comma separated String or Array of valid email addresses, fully-qualified domain names ("FQDN"), IP addresses, and/or webhook URL's)   |
-| `description`                | No       | String          | Alias description                                                                                                                                                                   |
-| `labels`                     | No       | String or Array | List of labels (must be line-break/space/comma separated String or Array)                                                                                                           |
-| `has_recipient_verification` | No       | Boolean         | Whether to enable to require recipients to click an email verification link for emails to flow through (defaults to the domain's setting if not explicitly set in the request body) |
-| `is_enabled`                 | No       | Boolean         | Whether to enable to disable this alias (if disabled, emails will be routed nowhere but return successful status codes)                                                             |
+| Body Parameter               | Required | Type            | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
+| ---------------------------- | -------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `name`                       | No       | String          | Alias name (if not provided or if blank, then a random alias is generated)                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| `recipients`                 | No       | String or Array | List of recipients (must be line-break/space/comma separated String or Array of valid email addresses, fully-qualified domain names ("FQDN"), IP addresses, and/or webhook URL's – and if not provided or is an empty Array, then the user's email making the API request will be set as the recipient) |
+| `description`                | No       | String          | Alias description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `labels`                     | No       | String or Array | List of labels (must be line-break/space/comma separated String or Array)                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| `has_recipient_verification` | No       | Boolean         | Whether to enable to require recipients to click an email verification link for emails to flow through (defaults to the domain's setting if not explicitly set in the request body)                                                                                                                     |
+| `is_enabled`                 | No       | Boolean         | Whether to enable to disable this alias (if disabled, emails will be routed nowhere but return successful status codes)                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 
 > Example Request: