diff --git a/x-pack/docs/build.gradle b/x-pack/docs/build.gradle
index 3d799c8d0b5..a0af24d6cc6 100644
--- a/x-pack/docs/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/docs/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ buildRestTests.expectedUnconvertedCandidates = [
         'en/ml/functions/sum.asciidoc',
         'en/ml/functions/time.asciidoc',
         'en/ml/customurl.asciidoc',
-        'en/monitoring/indices.asciidoc',
         'en/rest-api/security/ssl.asciidoc',
         'en/rest-api/security/users.asciidoc',
         'en/rest-api/security/tokens.asciidoc',
diff --git a/x-pack/docs/en/monitoring/indices.asciidoc b/x-pack/docs/en/monitoring/indices.asciidoc
index 10d2c212de2..efa9836daa2 100644
--- a/x-pack/docs/en/monitoring/indices.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/docs/en/monitoring/indices.asciidoc
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ You can retrieve the templates through the `_template` API:
 ----------------------------------
 GET /_template/.monitoring-*
 ----------------------------------
+// CONSOLE
+// TEST[catch:missing]
 
 By default, the template configures one shard and one replica for the
 monitoring indices. To override the default settings, add your own template:
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ PUT /_template/custom_monitoring
     }
 }
 ----------------------------------
+// CONSOLE
 
 IMPORTANT: Only set the `number_of_shards` and `number_of_replicas` in the
 settings section. Overriding other monitoring template settings could cause