diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/components/QueryEditor/BucketAggregationsEditor/utils.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/components/QueryEditor/BucketAggregationsEditor/utils.ts
index a725c59e0ec..21a6471b1df 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/components/QueryEditor/BucketAggregationsEditor/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/components/QueryEditor/BucketAggregationsEditor/utils.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const bucketAggregationConfig: BucketsConfiguration = {
     label: 'Terms',
     requiresField: true,
     defaultSettings: {
-      min_doc_count: '0',
+      min_doc_count: '1',
       size: '10',
       order: 'desc',
       orderBy: '_term',