diff --git a/src/app/partials/dasheditor.html b/src/app/partials/dasheditor.html
index a4d3771c2c6d8..75b5bc98ee43d 100644
--- a/src/app/partials/dasheditor.html
+++ b/src/app/partials/dasheditor.html
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ <h5>Index Settings</h5>
               default logstash index pattern you might use
               <code>[logstash-]YYYY.MM.DD</code>. The [] in "[logstash-]" are
               important as they instruct Kibana not to treat those letters as a
-              pattern.
+              pattern. You may also specify multiple indices by seperating them with a comma(,).
+              For example <code>[web-]YYYY.MM.DD,[mail-]YYYY.MM.DD</code>
               Please also note that indices should rollover at midnight <strong>UTC</strong>.
             </p>
             <p class="small">
diff --git a/src/app/services/kbnIndex.js b/src/app/services/kbnIndex.js
index 76fba98ba9a96..6197712f9945d 100644
--- a/src/app/services/kbnIndex.js
+++ b/src/app/services/kbnIndex.js
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ function (angular, _, config, moment) {
 
       return resolve_indices(possible).then(function(p) {
         // an extra intersection
-        var indices = _.intersection(possible,p);
+        var indices = _.uniq(_.flatten(_.map(possible,function(possibleIndex) {
+          return _.intersection(possibleIndex.split(','),p);
+        })));
         indices.reverse();
         return indices;
       });