diff --git a/docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc b/docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc
index e565b61716d..7d93c5e7350 100644
--- a/docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ Index templates are identified by a name (in the above case
 curl -XGET localhost:9200/_template/template_1
 --------------------------------------------------
 
+You can also match several templates by using wildcards like:
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+curl -XGET localhost:9200/_template/temp*
+--------------------------------------------------
+
 To get list of all index templates you can use
 <<cluster-state,Cluster State>> API
 and check for the metadata/templates section of the response.