diff --git a/docs/reference/esql/functions/kibana/definition/match_operator.json b/docs/reference/esql/functions/kibana/definition/match_operator.json
index 3fcf1726e5538..2facebfc44e57 100644
--- a/docs/reference/esql/functions/kibana/definition/match_operator.json
+++ b/docs/reference/esql/functions/kibana/definition/match_operator.json
@@ -21,6 +21,24 @@
       ],
       "variadic" : false,
       "returnType" : "boolean"
+    },
+    {
+      "params" : [
+        {
+          "name" : "field",
+          "type" : "text",
+          "optional" : false,
+          "description" : "Field that the query will target."
+        },
+        {
+          "name" : "query",
+          "type" : "text",
+          "optional" : false,
+          "description" : "Text you wish to find in the provided field."
+        }
+      ],
+      "variadic" : false,
+      "returnType" : "boolean"
     }
   ],
   "examples" : [
diff --git a/docs/reference/esql/functions/types/match_operator.asciidoc b/docs/reference/esql/functions/types/match_operator.asciidoc
index 1d2eb92a189f7..5c6afacdce1b2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/esql/functions/types/match_operator.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/esql/functions/types/match_operator.asciidoc
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 |===
 field | query | result
 keyword | keyword | boolean
+text | text | boolean
 |===
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/MatchOperatorTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/MatchOperatorTests.java
index 23e428d995547..180f6c87f8dc0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/MatchOperatorTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/MatchOperatorTests.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public static Iterable<Object[]> parameters() {
         // Have a minimal test so that we can generate the docs
         List<TestCaseSupplier> suppliers = new LinkedList<>();
         addPositiveTestCase(List.of(DataType.KEYWORD, DataType.KEYWORD), suppliers);
+        addPositiveTestCase(List.of(DataType.TEXT, DataType.TEXT), suppliers);
         return parameterSuppliersFromTypedData(suppliers);
     }
 }