diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
index 92c759288..210697bba 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/soc_elasticsearch.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ elasticsearch:
     description: Specify the memory heap size in (m)egabytes for Elasticsearch.
     helpLink: elasticsearch.html
   index_clean:
-    description: Enable or disable so-elasticsearch-indices-delete cron job.
+    description: Determines if indices should be considered for deletion by available disk space in the cluster. Otherwise, indices will only be deleted by the age defined in the ILM settings.
     forcedType: bool
     helpLink: elasticsearch.html
   retention: