diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/RollupDocumentationIT.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/RollupDocumentationIT.java
index bf0edcfe91c..b8169a5a9f3 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/RollupDocumentationIT.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/documentation/RollupDocumentationIT.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.client.rollup.DeleteRollupJobRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.rollup.DeleteRollupJobResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.rollup.GetRollupCapsRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.rollup.GetRollupCapsResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.rollup.GetRollupIndexCapsRequest;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.rollup.GetRollupIndexCapsResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.rollup.GetRollupJobRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.rollup.GetRollupJobResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.rollup.GetRollupJobResponse.JobWrapper;
@@ -406,6 +408,120 @@ public class RollupDocumentationIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
         assertTrue(latch.await(30L, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    public void testGetRollupIndexCaps() throws Exception {
+        RestHighLevelClient client = highLevelClient();
+
+        DateHistogramGroupConfig dateHistogram =
+            new DateHistogramGroupConfig("timestamp", DateHistogramInterval.HOUR, new DateHistogramInterval("7d"), "UTC"); // <1>
+        TermsGroupConfig terms = new TermsGroupConfig("hostname", "datacenter");
+        HistogramGroupConfig histogram = new HistogramGroupConfig(5L, "load", "net_in", "net_out");
+        GroupConfig groups = new GroupConfig(dateHistogram, histogram, terms);
+        List<MetricConfig> metrics = new ArrayList<>(); // <1>
+        metrics.add(new MetricConfig("temperature", Arrays.asList("min", "max", "sum")));
+        metrics.add(new MetricConfig("voltage", Arrays.asList("avg", "value_count")));
+
+        //tag::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-setup
+        final String indexPattern = "docs";
+        final String rollupIndexName = "rollup";
+        final String cron = "*/1 * * * * ?";
+        final int pageSize = 100;
+        final TimeValue timeout = null;
+
+        String id = "job_1";
+        RollupJobConfig config = new RollupJobConfig(id, indexPattern, rollupIndexName, cron,
+            pageSize, groups, metrics, timeout);
+
+        PutRollupJobRequest request = new PutRollupJobRequest(config);
+        PutRollupJobResponse response = client.rollup().putRollupJob(request, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+
+        boolean acknowledged = response.isAcknowledged();
+        //end::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-setup
+        assertTrue(acknowledged);
+
+        ClusterHealthRequest healthRequest = new ClusterHealthRequest(config.getRollupIndex()).waitForYellowStatus();
+        ClusterHealthResponse healthResponse = client.cluster().health(healthRequest, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+        assertFalse(healthResponse.isTimedOut());
+        assertThat(healthResponse.getStatus(), isOneOf(ClusterHealthStatus.YELLOW, ClusterHealthStatus.GREEN));
+
+        // Now that the job is created, we should have a rollup index with metadata.
+        // We can test out the caps API now.
+
+        //tag::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-request
+        GetRollupIndexCapsRequest getRollupIndexCapsRequest = new GetRollupIndexCapsRequest("rollup");
+        //end::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-request
+
+        //tag::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-execute
+        GetRollupIndexCapsResponse capsResponse = client.rollup()
+            .getRollupIndexCapabilities(getRollupIndexCapsRequest, RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+        //end::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-execute
+
+        //tag::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-response
+        Map<String, RollableIndexCaps> rolledPatterns = capsResponse.getJobs();
+
+        RollableIndexCaps docsPattern = rolledPatterns.get("rollup");
+
+        // indexName will be "rollup", the target index we requested
+        String indexName = docsPattern.getIndexName();
+
+        // Each index pattern can have multiple jobs that rolled it up, so `getJobCaps()`
+        // returns a list of jobs that rolled up the pattern
+        List<RollupJobCaps> rollupJobs = docsPattern.getJobCaps();
+        RollupJobCaps jobCaps = rollupJobs.get(0);
+
+        // jobID is the identifier we used when we created the job (e.g. `job1`)
+        String jobID = jobCaps.getJobID();
+
+        // rollupIndex is the location that the job stored it's rollup docs (e.g. `rollup`)
+        String rollupIndex = jobCaps.getRollupIndex();
+
+        // Finally, fieldCaps are the capabilities of individual fields in the config
+        // The key is the field name, and the value is a RollupFieldCaps object which
+        // provides more info.
+        Map<String, RollupJobCaps.RollupFieldCaps> fieldCaps = jobCaps.getFieldCaps();
+
+        // If we retrieve the "timestamp" field, it returns a list of maps.  Each list
+        // item represents a different aggregation that can be run against the "timestamp"
+        // field, and any additional details specific to that agg (interval, etc)
+        List<Map<String, Object>> timestampCaps = fieldCaps.get("timestamp").getAggs();
+        assert timestampCaps.get(0).toString().equals("{agg=date_histogram, delay=7d, interval=1h, time_zone=UTC}");
+
+        // In contrast to the timestamp field, the temperature field has multiple aggs configured
+        List<Map<String, Object>> temperatureCaps = fieldCaps.get("temperature").getAggs();
+        assert temperatureCaps.toString().equals("[{agg=min}, {agg=max}, {agg=sum}]");
+        //end::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-response
+
+        assertThat(indexName, equalTo("rollup"));
+        assertThat(jobID, equalTo("job_1"));
+        assertThat(rollupIndex, equalTo("rollup"));
+        assertThat(fieldCaps.size(), equalTo(8));
+
+        // tag::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-execute-listener
+        ActionListener<GetRollupIndexCapsResponse> listener = new ActionListener<GetRollupIndexCapsResponse>() {
+            @Override
+            public void onResponse(GetRollupIndexCapsResponse response) {
+
+                // <1>
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onFailure(Exception e) {
+                // <2>
+            }
+        };
+        // end::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-execute-listener
+
+        // Replace the empty listener by a blocking listener in test
+        final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        listener = new LatchedActionListener<>(listener, latch);
+
+        // tag::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-execute-async
+        client.rollup().getRollupIndexCapabilitiesAsync(getRollupIndexCapsRequest, RequestOptions.DEFAULT, listener); // <1>
+        // end::x-pack-rollup-get-rollup-index-caps-execute-async
+
+        assertTrue(latch.await(30L, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     public void testDeleteRollupJob() throws Exception {
         RestHighLevelClient client = highLevelClient();