diff --git a/docs/reference/search/multi-search.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search/multi-search.asciidoc
index 3ba31574590a..4dab825323be 100644
--- a/docs/reference/search/multi-search.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/search/multi-search.asciidoc
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ line.
 `allow_no_indices`::
 (Optional, Boolean)
 If `true`, the request does *not* return an error if a wildcard expression or
-`_all` value retrieves only missing or closed data streams or indices.
+`_all` value retrieves only missing or closed indices.
 +
 This parameter also applies to <<alias,aliases>> that point to a missing
-or closed data stream or index.
+or index.
 
 include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=expand-wildcards]
 +