diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/elasticsearch/FetchElasticsearchHttp.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/elasticsearch/FetchElasticsearchHttp.java
index 8fd30dcc9e..06be4d5456 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/elasticsearch/FetchElasticsearchHttp.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/elasticsearch/FetchElasticsearchHttp.java
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ public class FetchElasticsearchHttp extends AbstractElasticsearchHttpProcessor {
     public static final PropertyDescriptor INDEX = new PropertyDescriptor.Builder()
             .name("fetch-es-index")
             .displayName("Index")
-            .description("The name of the index to read from. If the property is set "
-                    + "to _all, the query will match across all indexes.")
+            .description("The name of the index to read from.")
             .required(true)
             .expressionLanguageSupported(true)
             .addValidator(StandardValidators.NON_EMPTY_VALIDATOR)
@@ -310,10 +309,8 @@ public class FetchElasticsearchHttp extends AbstractElasticsearchHttpProcessor {
             throw new MalformedURLException("Base URL cannot be null");
         }
         HttpUrl.Builder builder = HttpUrl.parse(baseUrl).newBuilder();
-        builder.addPathSegment((StringUtils.isEmpty(index)) ? "_all" : index);
-        if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(type)) {
-            builder.addPathSegment(type);
-        }
+        builder.addPathSegment(index);
+        builder.addPathSegment((StringUtils.isEmpty(type)) ? "_all" : type);
         builder.addPathSegment(docId);
         if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(fields)) {
             String trimmedFields = Stream.of(fields.split(",")).map(String::trim).collect(Collectors.joining(","));
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/elasticsearch/TestFetchElasticsearchHttp.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/elasticsearch/TestFetchElasticsearchHttp.java
index 28bc06091d..346ead499e 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/elasticsearch/TestFetchElasticsearchHttp.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-elasticsearch-bundle/nifi-elasticsearch-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/elasticsearch/TestFetchElasticsearchHttp.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import okhttp3.MediaType;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import okhttp3.Protocol;
 import okhttp3.Request;
+import okhttp3.RequestBody;
 import okhttp3.Response;
 import okhttp3.ResponseBody;
 import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessContext;
@@ -38,8 +39,10 @@ import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -114,6 +117,34 @@ public class TestFetchElasticsearchHttp {
         out.assertAttributeEquals("doc_id", "28039652140");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testFetchElasticsearchOnTriggerNoType() throws IOException {
+        final String ES_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:9200";
+        final String DOC_ID = "28039652140";
+        FetchElasticsearchHttpTestProcessor processor = new FetchElasticsearchHttpTestProcessor(true);
+        runner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(processor); // all docs are found
+        runner.setValidateExpressionUsage(true);
+        runner.setProperty(AbstractElasticsearchHttpProcessor.ES_URL, ES_URL);
+
+        runner.setProperty(FetchElasticsearchHttp.INDEX, "doc");
+        runner.assertNotValid();
+        runner.setProperty(FetchElasticsearchHttp.DOC_ID, "${doc_id}");
+        runner.assertValid();
+
+        runner.enqueue(docExample, new HashMap<String, String>() {{
+            put("doc_id", DOC_ID);
+        }});
+        runner.run(1, true, true);
+
+        runner.assertAllFlowFilesTransferred(FetchElasticsearchHttp.REL_SUCCESS, 1);
+        final MockFlowFile out = runner.getFlowFilesForRelationship(FetchElasticsearchHttp.REL_SUCCESS).get(0);
+        assertNotNull(out);
+        out.assertAttributeEquals("doc_id", DOC_ID);
+        assertEquals("URL doesn't match expected value when type is not supplied",
+                "http://127.0.0.1:9200" + "/doc/_all/" + DOC_ID,
+                processor.getURL().toString());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testFetchElasticsearchOnTriggerWithFields() throws IOException {
         runner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(new FetchElasticsearchHttpTestProcessor(true)); // all docs are found
@@ -272,6 +303,8 @@ public class TestFetchElasticsearchHttp {
         int statusCode = 200;
         String statusMessage = "OK";
 
+        URL url = null;
+
         FetchElasticsearchHttpTestProcessor(boolean documentExists) {
             this.documentExists = documentExists;
         }
@@ -315,6 +348,16 @@ public class TestFetchElasticsearchHttp {
             });
         }
 
+        @Override
+        protected Response sendRequestToElasticsearch(OkHttpClient client, URL url, String username, String password, String verb, RequestBody body) throws IOException {
+            this.url = url;
+            return super.sendRequestToElasticsearch(client, url, username, password, verb, body);
+        }
+
+        public URL getURL() {
+            return url;
+        }
+
         protected OkHttpClient getClient() {
             return client;
         }