diff --git a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
index bf36439167c11..33f038dfa76e2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
@@ -729,6 +729,9 @@ The following groupings are currently supported:
 * <<_histogram,Histogram>>
 * <<_terms,Terms>>
 
+The grouping properties can optionally have a `missing_bucket` property. If 
+it's `true`, documents without a value in the respective `group_by` field are 
+included. Defaults to `false`.
 --
 end::pivot-group-by[]
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/transform/apis/preview-transform.asciidoc b/docs/reference/transform/apis/preview-transform.asciidoc
index d0a698963f714..86ca91b32fdf1 100644
--- a/docs/reference/transform/apis/preview-transform.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/transform/apis/preview-transform.asciidoc
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ POST _transform/_preview
     "group_by": {
       "customer_id": {
         "terms": {
-          "field": "customer_id"
+          "field": "customer_id",
+          "missing_bucket": true
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/docs/reference/transform/apis/put-transform.asciidoc b/docs/reference/transform/apis/put-transform.asciidoc
index 0096ad0681e56..c044373ccc775 100644
--- a/docs/reference/transform/apis/put-transform.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/transform/apis/put-transform.asciidoc
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=pivot-aggs]
 `group_by`:::
 (Required, object)
 include::{es-repo-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=pivot-group-by]
-
 ====
 //End pivot
 
@@ -309,7 +308,8 @@ PUT _transform/ecommerce_transform1
     "group_by": {
       "customer_id": {
         "terms": {
-          "field": "customer_id"
+          "field": "customer_id",
+          "missing_bucket": true
         }
       }
     },