diff --git a/debian/docs/koha-worker.xml b/debian/docs/koha-worker.xml
index f230b68fcf..56a5f0cb82 100644
--- a/debian/docs/koha-worker.xml
+++ b/debian/docs/koha-worker.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
         <term><option>--queue</option></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Allows specifying the queue worker (defaults to 'default').</para>
-          <para>Current queues are: default, long_tasks, elastic_index.</para>
+          <para>Current queues are: default, long_tasks.</para>
+          <para>Note: There used to be a queue called elastic_index, but since the introduction of koha-es-indexer this queue should not be active.</para>
         </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
diff --git a/debian/scripts/koha-worker b/debian/scripts/koha-worker
index d1d1601357..aa51c90c13 100755
--- a/debian/scripts/koha-worker
+++ b/debian/scripts/koha-worker
@@ -48,12 +48,15 @@ $scriptname -h|--help
     --stop                Stop the worker daemon for the specified instances
     --restart             Restart the worker daemon for the specified instances
     --queue               Specify the queue/worker to restart - 'default' is used if not specified
-                          current queues are: default, long_tasks, elastic_index
+                          current queues are: default, long_tasks
     --status              Show the status of the worker for the specified instances
     --quiet|-q            Make the script quiet about non existent instance names
                           (useful for calling from another scripts).
     --help|-h             Display this help message
 
+Note: There used to be a queue called elastic_index, but since the introduction
+of koha-es-indexer this queue should not be active.
+
 EOF
 }