diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index 3649d015e..37f55ddc7 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 elasticsearch:
+  retention:
+    retention_pct: 50
   config:
     node: {}
     cluster:
diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
index d7c310687..ded8e5be6 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 elasticsearch:
   esheap:
     description: Specify the memory heap size in (m)egabytes for Elasticsearch.
-    helpLink: elasticsearch.html 
+    helpLink: elasticsearch.html
+  retention: 
+    retention_pct:
+      decription: Total percentage of space used by Elasticsearch for multi node clusters
+      helpLink: elasticsearch.yaml
+      global: True
   config:
     cluster:
       name: