diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.error.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.error.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7536cd2b07ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.error.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-core-server](./kibana-plugin-core-server.md) &gt; [SavedObjectsMigrationLogger](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.md) &gt; [error](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.error.md)
+
+## SavedObjectsMigrationLogger.error property
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+error: (msg: string, meta: LogMeta) => void;
+```
diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.md
index 066643516b213..1b691ee8cb16d 100644
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.md
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export interface SavedObjectsMigrationLogger
 |  Property | Type | Description |
 |  --- | --- | --- |
 |  [debug](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.debug.md) | <code>(msg: string) =&gt; void</code> |  |
+|  [error](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.error.md) | <code>(msg: string, meta: LogMeta) =&gt; void</code> |  |
 |  [info](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.info.md) | <code>(msg: string) =&gt; void</code> |  |
 |  [warn](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.warn.md) | <code>(msg: string) =&gt; void</code> |  |
 |  [warning](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsmigrationlogger.warning.md) | <code>(msg: string) =&gt; void</code> |  |
diff --git a/docs/development/plugins/data/server/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server.iindexpattern.gettimefield.md b/docs/development/plugins/data/server/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server.iindexpattern.gettimefield.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a4d6abcf86a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/development/plugins/data/server/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server.iindexpattern.gettimefield.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
+
+[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server](./kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server.md) &gt; [IIndexPattern](./kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server.iindexpattern.md) &gt; [getTimeField](./kibana-plugin-plugins-data-server.iindexpattern.gettimefield.md)
+
+## IIndexPattern.getTimeField() method
+
+<b>Signature:</b>
+
+```typescript
+getTimeField?(): IFieldType | undefined;
+```
+<b>Returns:</b>
+
+`IFieldType | undefined`
+
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/index_migrator.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/index_migrator.ts
index c75fa68572c71..ef2a8870d78d0 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/index_migrator.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/index_migrator.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ async function migrateSourceToDest(context: Context) {
     await Index.write(
       callCluster,
       dest.indexName,
-      migrateRawDocs(serializer, documentMigrator.migrate, docs)
+      migrateRawDocs(serializer, documentMigrator.migrate, docs, log)
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migrate_raw_docs.test.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migrate_raw_docs.test.ts
index 89f3fde384848..e55b72be2436d 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migrate_raw_docs.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migrate_raw_docs.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import { SavedObjectTypeRegistry } from '../../saved_objects_type_registry';
 import { SavedObjectsSerializer } from '../../serialization';
 import { migrateRawDocs } from './migrate_raw_docs';
+import { createSavedObjectsMigrationLoggerMock } from '../../migrations/mocks';
 
 describe('migrateRawDocs', () => {
   test('converts raw docs to saved objects', async () => {
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ describe('migrateRawDocs', () => {
       [
         { _id: 'a:b', _source: { type: 'a', a: { name: 'AAA' } } },
         { _id: 'c:d', _source: { type: 'c', c: { name: 'DDD' } } },
-      ]
+      ],
+      createSavedObjectsMigrationLoggerMock()
     );
 
     expect(result).toEqual([
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ describe('migrateRawDocs', () => {
     expect(transform).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  test('passes invalid docs through untouched', async () => {
+  test('passes invalid docs through untouched and logs error', async () => {
+    const logger = createSavedObjectsMigrationLoggerMock();
     const transform = jest.fn<any, any>((doc: any) =>
       _.set(_.cloneDeep(doc), 'attributes.name', 'TADA')
     );
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@ describe('migrateRawDocs', () => {
       [
         { _id: 'foo:b', _source: { type: 'a', a: { name: 'AAA' } } },
         { _id: 'c:d', _source: { type: 'c', c: { name: 'DDD' } } },
-      ]
+      ],
+      logger
     );
 
     expect(result).toEqual([
@@ -82,5 +86,7 @@ describe('migrateRawDocs', () => {
         },
       ],
     ]);
+
+    expect(logger.error).toBeCalledTimes(1);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migrate_raw_docs.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migrate_raw_docs.ts
index 5fe15f40db8ec..49acea82e1c8a 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migrate_raw_docs.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migrate_raw_docs.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import { SavedObjectsRawDoc, SavedObjectsSerializer } from '../../serialization';
 import { TransformFn } from './document_migrator';
+import { SavedObjectsMigrationLogger } from '.';
 
 /**
  * Applies the specified migration function to every saved object document in the list
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ import { TransformFn } from './document_migrator';
 export function migrateRawDocs(
   serializer: SavedObjectsSerializer,
   migrateDoc: TransformFn,
-  rawDocs: SavedObjectsRawDoc[]
+  rawDocs: SavedObjectsRawDoc[],
+  log: SavedObjectsMigrationLogger
 ): SavedObjectsRawDoc[] {
   return rawDocs.map(raw => {
     if (serializer.isRawSavedObject(raw)) {
@@ -47,6 +49,10 @@ export function migrateRawDocs(
       });
     }
 
+    log.error(
+      `Error: Unable to migrate the corrupt Saved Object document ${raw._id}. To prevent Kibana from performing a migration on every restart, please delete or fix this document by ensuring that the namespace and type in the document's id matches the values in the namespace and type fields.`,
+      { rawDocument: raw }
+    );
     return raw;
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migration_coordinator.test.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migration_coordinator.test.ts
index 800edaeaa5885..3f2c31a7c0e5c 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migration_coordinator.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migration_coordinator.test.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,10 @@
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { coordinateMigration } from './migration_coordinator';
+import { createSavedObjectsMigrationLoggerMock } from '../mocks';
 
 describe('coordinateMigration', () => {
-  const log = {
-    debug: jest.fn(),
-    warning: jest.fn(),
-    warn: jest.fn(),
-    info: jest.fn(),
-  };
+  const log = createSavedObjectsMigrationLoggerMock();
 
   test('waits for isMigrated, if there is an index conflict', async () => {
     const pollInterval = 1;
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migration_logger.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migration_logger.ts
index 9dfb3abc8e72d..00ed8bf0b73fc 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migration_logger.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/core/migration_logger.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { Logger } from 'src/core/server/logging';
+import { Logger, LogMeta } from '../../../logging';
 
 /*
  * This file provides a helper class for ensuring that all logging
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface SavedObjectsMigrationLogger {
    */
   warning: (msg: string) => void;
   warn: (msg: string) => void;
+  error: (msg: string, meta: LogMeta) => void;
 }
 
 export class MigrationLogger implements SavedObjectsMigrationLogger {
@@ -48,4 +49,5 @@ export class MigrationLogger implements SavedObjectsMigrationLogger {
   public debug = (msg: string) => this.logger.debug(msg);
   public warning = (msg: string) => this.logger.warn(msg);
   public warn = (msg: string) => this.logger.warn(msg);
+  public error = (msg: string, meta: LogMeta) => this.logger.error(msg, meta);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/kibana/kibana_migrator.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/kibana/kibana_migrator.ts
index dafd6c5341196..7d9ff9bed6d72 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/kibana/kibana_migrator.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/kibana/kibana_migrator.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
  * (the shape of the mappings and documents in the index).
  */
 
-import { Logger } from 'src/core/server/logging';
 import { KibanaConfigType } from 'src/core/server/kibana_config';
 import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { Logger } from '../../../logging';
 import { IndexMapping, SavedObjectsTypeMappingDefinitions } from '../../mappings';
 import { SavedObjectUnsanitizedDoc, SavedObjectsSerializer } from '../../serialization';
 import { docValidator, PropertyValidators } from '../../validation';
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/mocks.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/mocks.ts
index 76a890d26bfa0..50a7191393472 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/mocks.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/migrations/mocks.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@
 import { SavedObjectMigrationContext } from './types';
 import { SavedObjectsMigrationLogger } from './core';
 
-const createLoggerMock = (): jest.Mocked<SavedObjectsMigrationLogger> => {
+export const createSavedObjectsMigrationLoggerMock = (): jest.Mocked<SavedObjectsMigrationLogger> => {
   const mock = {
     debug: jest.fn(),
     info: jest.fn(),
     warning: jest.fn(),
     warn: jest.fn(),
+    error: jest.fn(),
   };
 
   return mock;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ const createLoggerMock = (): jest.Mocked<SavedObjectsMigrationLogger> => {
 
 const createContextMock = (): jest.Mocked<SavedObjectMigrationContext> => {
   const mock = {
-    log: createLoggerMock(),
+    log: createSavedObjectsMigrationLoggerMock(),
   };
   return mock;
 };
diff --git a/src/core/server/server.api.md b/src/core/server/server.api.md
index bd6046b5ec281..e4234689c25e8 100644
--- a/src/core/server/server.api.md
+++ b/src/core/server/server.api.md
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ import { IngestGetPipelineParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { IngestPutPipelineParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { IngestSimulateParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { KibanaConfigType } from 'src/core/server/kibana_config';
-import { Logger as Logger_2 } from 'src/core/server/logging';
 import { MGetParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { MGetResponse } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { MSearchParams } from 'elasticsearch';
@@ -2169,6 +2168,8 @@ export interface SavedObjectsMigrationLogger {
     // (undocumented)
     debug: (msg: string) => void;
     // (undocumented)
+    error: (msg: string, meta: LogMeta) => void;
+    // (undocumented)
     info: (msg: string) => void;
     // (undocumented)
     warn: (msg: string) => void;
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md b/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md
index df4ba23244b4d..1f4076aa12bde 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md
+++ b/src/plugins/data/server/server.api.md
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ import { IngestGetPipelineParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { IngestPutPipelineParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { IngestSimulateParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { KibanaConfigType as KibanaConfigType_2 } from 'src/core/server/kibana_config';
-import { Logger as Logger_2 } from 'src/core/server/logging';
-import { Logger as Logger_3 } from 'kibana/server';
+import { Logger as Logger_2 } from 'kibana/server';
 import { MGetParams } from 'elasticsearch';
 import { MGetResponse } from 'elasticsearch';
 import moment from 'moment';