diff --git a/qa/smoke-test-multinode/rest-api-spec/test/smoke_test_multinode/10_basic.yaml b/qa/smoke-test-multinode/rest-api-spec/test/smoke_test_multinode/10_basic.yaml
index 74066ebf6b1..c6b50b6d38a 100644
--- a/qa/smoke-test-multinode/rest-api-spec/test/smoke_test_multinode/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/qa/smoke-test-multinode/rest-api-spec/test/smoke_test_multinode/10_basic.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Integration tests for smoke testing multi-node IT
-#
+# If the local machine which is running the test is low on disk space
+# We can have one unassigned shard
 ---
 "cluster health basic test, one index":
   - do:
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 
   - do:
       cluster.health:
-        wait_for_status: green
+        wait_for_status: yellow
 
   - is_true:   cluster_name
   - is_false:  timed_out
@@ -22,5 +23,4 @@
   - gt:        { active_shards:           0 }
   - gte:       { relocating_shards:       0 }
   - match:     { initializing_shards:     0 }
-  - match:     { unassigned_shards:       0 }
   - gte:       { number_of_pending_tasks: 0 }