diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/elasticsearch/rest/RestClientAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/elasticsearch/rest/RestClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 1bbc1ad9eb4..ef47b22b7dd 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/elasticsearch/rest/RestClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/elasticsearch/rest/RestClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -78,29 +78,39 @@ public class RestClientAutoConfigurationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void defaultTimeoutsShouldBeConfigured() {
+	public void configureWithNoTimeoutsApplyDefaults() {
 		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> {
 			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(RestClient.class);
 			RestClient restClient = context.getBean(RestClient.class);
 			assertTimeouts(restClient,
-					Duration.ofMillis(RestClientBuilder.DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS), Duration.ofMillis(RestClientBuilder.DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_MILLIS)
-			);
+					Duration.ofMillis(RestClientBuilder.DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS),
+					Duration.ofMillis(RestClientBuilder.DEFAULT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_MILLIS));
 		});
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void timeoutsCanBeConfigured() {
+	public void configureWithCustomTimeouts() {
 		this.contextRunner
 				.withPropertyValues("spring.elasticsearch.rest.connection-timeout=15s",
 						"spring.elasticsearch.rest.read-timeout=1m")
 				.run((context) -> {
 					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(RestClient.class);
 					RestClient restClient = context.getBean(RestClient.class);
-					assertTimeouts(restClient, Duration.ofSeconds(15), Duration.ofMinutes(1)
-					);
+					assertTimeouts(restClient, Duration.ofSeconds(15),
+							Duration.ofMinutes(1));
 				});
 	}
 
+	private static void assertTimeouts(RestClient restClient, Duration connectTimeout,
+			Duration readTimeout) {
+		Object client = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(restClient, "client");
+		Object config = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(client, "defaultConfig");
+		assertThat(config).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("socketTimeout",
+				Math.toIntExact(readTimeout.toMillis()));
+		assertThat(config).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("connectTimeout",
+				Math.toIntExact(connectTimeout.toMillis()));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void restClientCanQueryElasticsearchNode() {
 		this.contextRunner
@@ -121,15 +131,6 @@ public class RestClientAutoConfigurationTests {
 				});
 	}
 
-	private static void assertTimeouts(RestClient restClient, Duration connectTimeout, Duration readTimeout) {
-		Object client = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(restClient, "client");
-		Object config = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(client, "defaultConfig");
-		assertThat(config).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("socketTimeout",
-				Math.toIntExact(readTimeout.toMillis()));
-		assertThat(config).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("connectTimeout",
-				Math.toIntExact(connectTimeout.toMillis()));
-	}
-
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 	static class CustomRestClientConfiguration {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 9e1adc7492a..c289788c68c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -4805,6 +4805,7 @@ You can further tune how `RestClient` is configured, as shown in the following e
 [source,properties,indent=0]
 ----
 	spring.elasticsearch.rest.uris=https://search.example.com:9200
+	spring.elasticsearch.rest.read-timeout=10s
 	spring.elasticsearch.rest.username=user
 	spring.elasticsearch.rest.password=secret
 ----