diff --git a/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/discover_field.js b/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/discover_field.js
index 62358fa61a4b3..e9f5c6c3ef111 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/discover_field.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/discover_field.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ app.directive('discoverField', function ($compile) {
               ' Values such as foo-bar will be broken into foo and bar.');
           }
 
-          if (!field.indexed) {
+          if (!field.indexed && !field.searchable) {
             warnings.push('This field is not indexed and might not be usable in visualizations.');
           }
         }