diff --git a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
index bedb8a784290a..25215759204e3 100644
--- a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ The amount of time spent indexing, in milliseconds.
 end::index-time-ms[]
 
 tag::index-total[]
-The number of indices created.
+The number of index operations.
 end::index-total[]
 
 tag::bulk-index[]