diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec2d244a..0b78e76c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ Further Information
 | elasticsearch_filesystem_io_stats_device_write_operations_count      | gauge      | 1           | Count of disk write operations                                                                      |
 | elasticsearch_filesystem_io_stats_device_read_size_kilobytes_sum     | gauge      | 1           | Total kilobytes read from disk                                                                      |
 | elasticsearch_filesystem_io_stats_device_write_size_kilobytes_sum    | gauge      | 1           | Total kilobytes written to disk                                                                     |
+| elasticsearch_ilm_status                                             | gauge      | 3           | Current status of ILM. Status can be `STOPPED`, `RUNNING`, `STOPPING`.                              |
+| elasticsearch_ilm_index_status                                       | gauge      |             | Status of ILM policy for index                                                                      |
 | elasticsearch_indices_active_queries                                 | gauge      | 1           | The number of currently active queries                                                              |
 | elasticsearch_indices_docs                                           | gauge      | 1           | Count of documents on this node                                                                     |
 | elasticsearch_indices_docs_deleted                                   | gauge      | 1           | Count of deleted documents on this node                                                             |
diff --git a/collector/ilm_status.go b/collector/ilm_status.go
index 57fda408..e1630e6c 100644
--- a/collector/ilm_status.go
+++ b/collector/ilm_status.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func NewIlmStatus(logger log.Logger, client *http.Client, url *url.URL) *IlmStat
 			Type: prometheus.GaugeValue,
 			Desc: prometheus.NewDesc(
 				prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, subsystem, "status"),
-				"Current status of ilm. Status can be STOPPED, RUNNING, STOPPING.",
+				"Current status of ILM. Status can be STOPPED, RUNNING, STOPPING.",
 				[]string{"operation_mode"}, nil,
 			),
 			Value: func(ilm *IlmStatusResponse, status string) float64 {
diff --git a/collector/ilm_status_test.go b/collector/ilm_status_test.go
index 56254ba9..ede82ddd 100644
--- a/collector/ilm_status_test.go
+++ b/collector/ilm_status_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestILMStatus(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "6.6.0",
 			file: "../fixtures/ilm_status/6.6.0.json",
 			want: `
-# HELP elasticsearch_ilm_status Current status of ilm. Status can be STOPPED, RUNNING, STOPPING.
+# HELP elasticsearch_ilm_status Current status of ILM. Status can be STOPPED, RUNNING, STOPPING.
 # TYPE elasticsearch_ilm_status gauge
 elasticsearch_ilm_status{operation_mode="RUNNING"} 1
 elasticsearch_ilm_status{operation_mode="STOPPED"} 0