diff --git a/docs/knn/index.md b/docs/knn/index.md
index 78bda522..7b10a73c 100644
--- a/docs/knn/index.md
+++ b/docs/knn/index.md
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Short for its associated *k-nearest neighbors* algorithm, the KNN plugin lets yo
 
 ## Get started
 
-To use the KNN plugin, you must create an index with the `index.knn` setting and add one or more fields of the `knn_vector` data type. Additionally, you can specify the `index.knn.space_type` with `l2` or `cosinesimil`, respectively, to use either Euclidean distance or cosine similarity for calculations. By default, `index.knn.space_type` is set to `l2`. Here is an example that creates an index with two knn_vector fields and uses cosine similarity:
+To use the KNN query type, you must create an index with `index.knn: true` and add one or more fields of the `knn_vector` data type. Additionally, you can specify the `index.knn.space_type` parameter with `l2` to use Euclidean distance or `cosinesimil` to use cosine similarity for calculations. By default, `index.knn.space_type` is `l2`. Here is an example that creates an index with two `knn_vector` fields and uses cosine similarity:
 
 ```json
-PUT my-index
+PUT my-knn-index-1
 {
   "settings": {
     "index": {
@@ -48,23 +48,23 @@ After you create the index, add some data to it:
 
 ```json
 POST _bulk
-{ "index": { "_index": "my-index", "_id": "1" } }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-1", "_id": "1" } }
 { "my_vector1": [1.5, 2.5], "price": 12.2 }
-{ "index": { "_index": "my-index", "_id": "2" } }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-1", "_id": "2" } }
 { "my_vector1": [2.5, 3.5], "price": 7.1 }
-{ "index": { "_index": "my-index", "_id": "3" } }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-1", "_id": "3" } }
 { "my_vector1": [3.5, 4.5], "price": 12.9 }
-{ "index": { "_index": "my-index", "_id": "4" } }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-1", "_id": "4" } }
 { "my_vector1": [5.5, 6.5], "price": 1.2 }
-{ "index": { "_index": "my-index", "_id": "5" } }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-1", "_id": "5" } }
 { "my_vector1": [4.5, 5.5], "price": 3.7 }
-{ "index": { "_index": "my-index", "_id": "6" } }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-1", "_id": "6" } }
 { "my_vector2": [1.5, 5.5, 4.5, 6.4], "price": 10.3 }
-{ "index": { "_index": "my-index", "_id": "7" } }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-1", "_id": "7" } }
 { "my_vector2": [2.5, 3.5, 5.6, 6.7], "price": 5.5 }
-{ "index": { "_index": "my-index", "_id": "8" } }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-1", "_id": "8" } }
 { "my_vector2": [4.5, 5.5, 6.7, 3.7], "price": 4.4 }
-{ "index": { "_index": "my-index", "_id": "9" } }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-1", "_id": "9" } }
 { "my_vector2": [1.5, 5.5, 4.5, 6.4], "price": 8.9 }
 
 ```
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ POST _bulk
 Then you can search the data using the `knn` query type:
 
 ```json
-GET my-index/_search
+GET my-knn-index-1/_search
 {
   "size": 2,
   "query": {
@@ -88,10 +88,13 @@ GET my-index/_search
 
 In this case, `k` is the number of neighbors you want the query to return, but you must also include the `size` option. Otherwise, you get `k` results for each shard (and each segment) rather than `k` results for the entire query. The plugin supports a maximum `k` value of 10,000.
 
-If you mix the `knn` query with other clauses, you might receive fewer than `k` results. In this example, the `post_filter` clause reduces the number of results from 2 to 1:
+
+## Compound queries with KNN
+
+If you use the `knn` query alongside filters or other clauses (e.g. `bool`, `must`, `match`), you might receive fewer than `k` results. In this example, `post_filter` reduces the number of results from 2 to 1:
 
 ```json
-GET my-index/_search
+GET my-knn-index-1/_search
 {
   "size": 2,
   "query": {
@@ -112,3 +115,98 @@ GET my-index/_search
   }
 }
 ```
+
+
+## Custom scoring
+
+The [previous example](#mixing-queries) shows a search that returns fewer than `k` results. If you want to avoid this situation, KNN's custom scoring option lets you essentially invert the order of events.
+
+First, add another index:
+
+```json
+PUT my-knn-index-2
+{
+  "settings": {
+    "index.knn": true
+  },
+  "mappings": {
+    "properties": {
+      "my_vector": {
+        "type": "knn_vector",
+        "dimension": 2
+      },
+      "color": {
+        "type": "keyword"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+If you *only* want to use KNN's custom scoring, you can omit `"index.knn": true`. The benefit of this approach is faster indexing speed and lower memory usage, but you lose the ability to perform standard KNN queries on the index.
+{: .tip}
+
+Then add some documents:
+
+```json
+POST _bulk
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-2", "_id": "1" } }
+{ "my_vector": [1, 1], "color" : "RED" }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-2", "_id": "2" } }
+{ "my_vector": [2, 2], "color" : "RED" }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-2", "_id": "3" } }
+{ "my_vector": [3, 3], "color" : "RED" }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-2", "_id": "4" } }
+{ "my_vector": [10, 10], "color" : "BLUE" }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-2", "_id": "5" } }
+{ "my_vector": [20, 20], "color" : "BLUE" }
+{ "index": { "_index": "my-knn-index-2", "_id": "6" } }
+{ "my_vector": [30, 30], "color" : "BLUE" }
+
+```
+
+Finally, use the `script_store` query to pre-filter your documents before identifying nearest neighbors:
+
+```json
+GET my-knn-index-2/_search
+{
+  "size": 2,
+  "query": {
+    "script_score": {
+      "query": {
+        "bool": {
+          "filter": {
+            "term": {
+              "color": "BLUE"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "script": {
+        "lang": "knn",
+        "source": "knn_score",
+        "params": {
+          "field": "my_vector",
+          "vector": [9.9, 9.9],
+          "space_type": "l2"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+All parameters are required.
+
+- `lang` is the script type. This value is usually `painless`, but here you must specify `knn`.
+- `source` is the name of the stored script, `knn_store`.
+- `field` is the field that contains your vector data.
+- `vector` is the point you want to find the nearest neighbors for.
+- `space_type` is either `l2` or `cosinesimil`.
+
+
+## Performance considerations
+
+The standard KNN query and custom scoring option perform differently. Test using a representative set of documents to see if the search results and latencies match your expectations.
+
+Custom scoring works best if the initial filter reduces the number of documents to no more than 20,000. Increasing shard count can improve latencies, but be sure to keep shard size within [the recommended guidelines](../elasticsearch/#primary-and-replica-shards).
diff --git a/docs/knn/settings.md b/docs/knn/settings.md
index bb3d2b43..5be12c4c 100644
--- a/docs/knn/settings.md
+++ b/docs/knn/settings.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ parent: KNN
 nav_order: 10
 ---
 
-# KNN Settings and Statistics
+# KNN Settings and statistics
 
 The KNN plugin adds several new index settings, cluster settings, and statistics.
 
@@ -60,3 +60,7 @@ Statistic |  Description
 `graphMemoryUsage` | Current cache size (total size of all graphs in memory) in kilobytes.
 `missCount` | The number of cache misses. A cache miss occurs when a user queries a graph and it has not yet been loaded into memory.
 `loadExceptionCount` | The number of times an exception occurred when trying to load a graph into the cache.
+`script_compilations` | The number of times the KNN script has been compiled. This value should usually be 1 or 0, but if the cache containing the compiled scripts is filled, the KNN script might be recompiled.
+`script_compilation_errors` | The number of errors during script compilation.
+`script_query_requests` | The number of query requests that use [the KNN script](../#custom-scoring).
+`script_query_errors` | The number of errors during script queries.