diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_home_api/progress/v1/serializers.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_home_api/progress/v1/serializers.py
index 18f2f615af9e0640835cdb2a405358bbb422005a..9e6e7d258c334e0078c4a6695aae8619021087d6 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_home_api/progress/v1/serializers.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_home_api/progress/v1/serializers.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class GradingPolicySerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     def get_assignment_policies(self, grading_policy):
         return [{
             'num_droppable': assignment_policy['drop_count'],
+            'short_label': assignment_policy.get('short_label', ''),
             'type': assignment_policy['type'],
             'weight': assignment_policy['weight'],
         } for assignment_policy in grading_policy['GRADER']]
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_home_api/progress/v1/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_home_api/progress/v1/views.py
index 5429acef2589b905f4605229eb8121dd1b70e44d..5aa7934512030403fb91838feaecb281ec5c8f0d 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_home_api/progress/v1/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_home_api/progress/v1/views.py
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ class ProgressTabView(RetrieveAPIView):
         enrollment_mode: (str) a str representing the enrollment the user has ('audit', 'verified', ...)
         grading_policy:
             assignment_policies: List of serialized assignment grading policy objects, each has the following fields:
-                num_droppable: (int) the number of assignments able to be dropped
+                num_droppable: (int) the number of lowest scored assignments that will not be counted towards the final grade
+                short_label: (str) the abbreviated name given to the assignment type
                 type: (str) the assignment type
                 weight: (float) the percent weight the given assigment type has on the overall grade
             grade_range: an object containing the grade range cutoffs. The exact keys in the object can vary, but they