diff --git a/docs/reference/ingest/processors/inference.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ingest/processors/inference.asciidoc
index b1b110e2b38..a97188978dc 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ingest/processors/inference.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ingest/processors/inference.asciidoc
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ include::common-options.asciidoc[]
 // NOTCONSOLE
 
 
-
 [discrete]
 [[inference-processor-regression-opt]]
 ==== {regression-cap} configuration options
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ Specifies the maximum number of
 importance] values per document. By default, it is zero and no feature importance
 calculation occurs.
 
+
 [discrete]
 [[inference-processor-classification-opt]]
 ==== {classification-cap} configuration options
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ Specifies the field to which the top classes are written. Defaults to
 (Optional, integer)
 Specifies the maximum number of
 {ml-docs}/dfa-classification.html#dfa-classification-feature-importance[feature
-importance] values per document. By default, it is zero and no feature importance
-calculation occurs.
+importance] values per document. By default, it is zero and no feature 
+importance calculation occurs.
+
 
 [discrete]
 [[inference-processor-config-example]]
@@ -116,3 +117,65 @@ categories for which the predicted probabilities are reported is 2
 (`num_top_classes`). The result is written to the `prediction` field and the top 
 classes to the `probabilities` field. Both fields are contained in the 
 `target_field` results object.
+
+
+[discrete]
+[[inference-processor-feature-importance]]
+==== {feat-imp-cap} object mapping
+
+Update your index mapping of the {feat-imp} result field as you can see below to 
+get the full benefit of aggregating and searching for 
+{ml-docs}/dfa-classification.html#dfa-classification-feature-importance[{feat-imp}].
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+"ml.inference.feature_importance": {
+  "type": "nested",
+  "dynamic": true,
+  "properties": {
+    "feature_name": {
+      "type": "keyword"
+    },
+    "importance": {
+      "type": "double"
+    }
+  }
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// NOTCONSOLE
+
+The mapping field name for {feat-imp} is compounded as follows:
+
+`<ml.inference.target_field>`.`<inference.tag>`.`feature_importance`
+
+If `inference.tag` is not provided in the processor definition, it is not part 
+of the field path. The `<ml.inference.target_field>` defaults to `ml.inference`.
+
+For example, you provide a tag `foo` in the definition as you can see below:
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+{
+  "tag": "foo",
+  ...
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// NOTCONSOLE
+
+
+The `{feat-imp}` value is written to the `ml.inference.foo.feature_importance` 
+field.
+
+You can also specify a target field as follows:
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+{
+  "tag": "foo",
+  "target_field": "my_field"
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// NOTCONSOLE
+
+In this case, `{feat-imp}` is exposed in the 
+`my_field.foo.feature_importance` field.
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