diff --git a/docs/reference/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc
index dd368974394..09c90ce2482 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ml/ml-shared.asciidoc
@@ -760,7 +760,9 @@ not be set to `false` on any {ml} nodes.
 end::indices[]
 
 tag::indices-options[]
-Object specifying index expansion options used during search.
+Specifies index expansion options that are used during search.
++
+--
 For example:
 ```
 {
@@ -770,6 +772,8 @@ For example:
    "ignore_throttled": true
 }
 ```
+For more information about these options, see <<multi-index>>.
+--
 end::indices-options[]
 
 tag::influencers[]