diff --git a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
index 64ebc0efb1252..b5a810852b94d 100644
--- a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
@@ -436,10 +436,8 @@ using the CURL scripts in the scripts folder.
 
 
 |{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/x-pack/plugins/ml/readme.md[ml]
-|To use machine learning features, you must have a Platinum or Enterprise license
-or a free 14-day trial. File Data Visualizer requires a Basic license. For more
-info, refer to
-Set up machine learning features.
+|This plugin provides access to the machine learning features provided by
+Elastic.
 
 
 |{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/x-pack/plugins/monitoring[monitoring]
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/readme.md b/x-pack/plugins/ml/readme.md
index 97db7ce22e1ad..0e50867e57ad6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/readme.md
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/readme.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Documentation for ML UI developers
 
+This plugin provides access to the machine learning features provided by 
+Elastic.
+
 ## Requirements
 
 To use machine learning features, you must have a Platinum or Enterprise license 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/job_validation/cardinality.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/job_validation/cardinality.ts
index 00c1ae12e182a..f7657e482d87d 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/job_validation/cardinality.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/job_validation/cardinality.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const supertest = getService('supertestWithoutAuth');
   const ml = getService('ml');
 
+  const VALIDATED_SEPARATELY = 'this value is not validated directly';
+
   describe('ValidateCardinality', function () {
     before(async () => {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('ml/ecommerce');
@@ -60,9 +62,7 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
       expect(body).to.eql([{ id: 'success_cardinality' }]);
     });
 
-    // Failing ES promotion due to changes in the cardinality agg,
-    // see https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/80418
-    it.skip(`should recognize a high model plot cardinality`, async () => {
+    it(`should recognize a high model plot cardinality`, async () => {
       const requestBody = {
         job_id: '',
         description: '',
@@ -96,10 +96,32 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
         .send(requestBody)
         .expect(200);
 
-      expect(body).to.eql([
-        { id: 'cardinality_model_plot_high', modelPlotCardinality: 4711 },
+      const expectedResponse = [
+        {
+          id: 'cardinality_model_plot_high',
+          modelPlotCardinality: VALIDATED_SEPARATELY,
+        },
         { id: 'cardinality_partition_field', fieldName: 'order_id' },
-      ]);
+      ];
+
+      expect(body.length).to.eql(
+        expectedResponse.length,
+        `Response body should have ${expectedResponse.length} entries (got ${body})`
+      );
+      for (const entry of expectedResponse) {
+        const responseEntry = body.find((obj: any) => obj.id === entry.id);
+        expect(responseEntry).to.not.eql(
+          undefined,
+          `Response entry with id '${entry.id}' should exist`
+        );
+
+        if (entry.id === 'cardinality_model_plot_high') {
+          // don't check the exact value of modelPlotCardinality as this is an approximation
+          expect(responseEntry).to.have.property('modelPlotCardinality');
+        } else {
+          expect(responseEntry).to.eql(entry);
+        }
+      }
     });
 
     it('should not validate cardinality in case request payload is invalid', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/job_validation/validate.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/job_validation/validate.ts
index 01e3da64a515d..8f78cdf015601 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/job_validation/validate.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/ml/job_validation/validate.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
   const supertest = getService('supertestWithoutAuth');
   const ml = getService('ml');
 
+  const VALIDATED_SEPARATELY = 'this value is not validated directly';
+
   describe('Validate job', function () {
     before(async () => {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('ml/ecommerce');
@@ -178,9 +180,7 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
       ]);
     });
 
-    // Failing ES promotion due to changes in the cardinality agg,
-    // see https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/80418
-    it.skip('should recognize non-basic issues in job configuration', async () => {
+    it('should recognize non-basic issues in job configuration', async () => {
       const requestBody = {
         duration: { start: 1586995459000, end: 1589672736000 },
         job: {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
         }
       });
 
-      expect(body).to.eql([
+      const expectedResponse = [
         {
           id: 'job_id_valid',
           heading: 'Job ID format is valid',
@@ -254,10 +254,9 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
         },
         {
           id: 'cardinality_model_plot_high',
-          modelPlotCardinality: 4711,
-          text:
-            'The estimated cardinality of 4711 of fields relevant to creating model plots might result in resource intensive jobs.',
-          status: 'warning',
+          modelPlotCardinality: VALIDATED_SEPARATELY,
+          text: VALIDATED_SEPARATELY,
+          status: VALIDATED_SEPARATELY,
         },
         {
           id: 'cardinality_partition_field',
@@ -298,7 +297,32 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
           url: `https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/machine-learning/${pkg.branch}/create-jobs.html#model-memory-limits`,
           status: 'warning',
         },
-      ]);
+      ];
+
+      expect(body.length).to.eql(
+        expectedResponse.length,
+        `Response body should have ${expectedResponse.length} entries (got ${body})`
+      );
+      for (const entry of expectedResponse) {
+        const responseEntry = body.find((obj: any) => obj.id === entry.id);
+        expect(responseEntry).to.not.eql(
+          undefined,
+          `Response entry with id '${entry.id}' should exist`
+        );
+
+        if (entry.id === 'cardinality_model_plot_high') {
+          // don't check the exact value of modelPlotCardinality as this is an approximation
+          expect(responseEntry).to.have.property('modelPlotCardinality');
+          expect(responseEntry)
+            .to.have.property('text')
+            .match(
+              /^The estimated cardinality of [0-9]+ of fields relevant to creating model plots might result in resource intensive jobs./
+            );
+          expect(responseEntry).to.have.property('status', 'warning');
+        } else {
+          expect(responseEntry).to.eql(entry);
+        }
+      }
     });
 
     it('should not validate configuration in case request payload is invalid', async () => {