diff --git a/doc/integration/exact_code_search/zoekt.md b/doc/integration/exact_code_search/zoekt.md
index f0e280f1d3c4ca67c28349eaa65e4d96ff41e2a4..97879b926accc4a654a736160405f7d49226de83 100644
--- a/doc/integration/exact_code_search/zoekt.md
+++ b/doc/integration/exact_code_search/zoekt.md
@@ -65,6 +65,21 @@ To enable [exact code search](../../user/search/exact_code_search.md) in GitLab:
 1. Select the **Enable indexing for exact code search** and **Enable exact code search** checkboxes.
 1. Select **Save changes**.
 
+## Check indexing status
+
+Prerequisites:
+
+- You must have administrator access to the instance.
+
+Indexing performance depends on the CPU and memory limits on the Zoekt indexer nodes.
+To check indexing status, in the Rails console, run the following command:
+
+```ruby
+Search::Zoekt::Index.group(:state).count
+Search::Zoekt::Repository.group(:state).count
+Search::Zoekt::Task.group(:state).count
+```
+
 ## Delete offline nodes automatically
 
 Prerequisites:
@@ -97,6 +112,13 @@ To index all root namespaces automatically:
 1. Select the **Index root namespaces automatically** checkbox.
 1. Select **Save changes**.
 
+When you enable this setting, GitLab creates indexing tasks for all projects in:
+
+- All groups and subgroups
+- Any new root namespace
+
+After a project is indexed, GitLab creates only incremental indexing when a repository change is detected.
+
 When you disable this setting:
 
 - Existing root namespaces remain indexed.