diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestIndicesAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestIndicesAction.java
index 01e70b5726e4..ccfcb9b505e9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestIndicesAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestIndicesAction.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.time.DateFormatter;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.RestApiVersion;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
@@ -170,7 +171,11 @@ protected Table getTableWithHeader(final RestRequest request) {
         table.addCell("store.size", "sibling:pri;alias:ss,storeSize;text-align:right;desc:store size of primaries & replicas");
         table.addCell("pri.store.size", "text-align:right;desc:store size of primaries");
 
-        table.addCell("dataset.size", "text-align:right;desc:total size of dataset");
+        if (request.getRestApiVersion() == RestApiVersion.V_7) {
+            table.addCell("dataset.size", "default:false;text-align:right;desc:total size of dataset");
+        } else {
+            table.addCell("dataset.size", "text-align:right;desc:total size of dataset");
+        }
 
         table.addCell("completion.size", "sibling:pri;alias:cs,completionSize;default:false;text-align:right;desc:size of completion");
         table.addCell("pri.completion.size", "default:false;text-align:right;desc:size of completion");
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsAction.java
index 2f54f6160822..94fffd658215 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestShardsAction.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Table;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.RestApiVersion;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.bulk.stats.BulkStats;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.cache.query.QueryCacheStats;
@@ -116,7 +117,12 @@ protected Table getTableWithHeader(final RestRequest request) {
             .addCell("state", "default:true;alias:st;desc:shard state")
             .addCell("docs", "alias:d,dc;text-align:right;desc:number of docs in shard")
             .addCell("store", "alias:sto;text-align:right;desc:store size of shard (how much disk it uses)")
-            .addCell("dataset", "text-align:right;desc:total size of dataset")
+            .addCell(
+                "dataset",
+                request.getRestApiVersion() == RestApiVersion.V_7
+                    ? "default:false;text-align:right;desc:total size of dataset"
+                    : "text-align:right;desc:total size of dataset"
+            )
             .addCell("ip", "default:true;desc:ip of node where it lives")
             .addCell("id", "default:false;desc:unique id of node where it lives")
             .addCell("node", "default:true;alias:n;desc:name of node where it lives");