diff --git a/docs/reference/index.asciidoc b/docs/reference/index.asciidoc
index 4bc73d9b6e8..df4f2f75070 100644
--- a/docs/reference/index.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/index.asciidoc
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ include::ingest.asciidoc[]
 
 include::ilm/index.asciidoc[]
 
+ifeval::["{release-state}"=="unreleased"]
+
 include::autoscaling/index.asciidoc[]
 
+endif::[]
+
 include::sql/index.asciidoc[]
 
 include::monitoring/index.asciidoc[]