diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch/README.md b/incubator/elasticsearch/README.md
index 3b39f86d5..2736363ec 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the Elasticsearch char
 | `metrics.image.tag`             | Metrics exporter image tag                            | `1.0.1`                                                             |
 | `metrics.image.pullPolicy`      | Metrics exporter image pull policy                    | `IfNotPresent`                                                      |
 | `metrics.service.type`          | Metrics exporter endpoint service type                | `ClusterIP`                                                         |
-| `metrics.resources`             | Metrics exporter resource requests/limit              | `nil`                                                               |
+| `metrics.resources`             | Metrics exporter resource requests/limit              | `requests: { cpu: "25m" }`                                          |
 
 The above parameters map to the env variables defined in [bitnami/elasticsearch](http://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-elasticsearch). For more information please refer to the [bitnami/elasticsearch](http://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-elasticsearch) image documentation.
 
diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml
index 6959f3ef3..4a3ba036b 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml
@@ -101,4 +101,6 @@ metrics:
     prometheus.io/port: "9108"
   service:
     type: ClusterIP
-  resources: {}
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: 25m