diff --git a/plugins/elasticsearch/README.md b/plugins/elasticsearch/README.md
index d9c89c672..2c398893d 100644
--- a/plugins/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/plugins/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-elasticsearch
+Elasticsearch
 =======
 This plugin makes easy to use Elasticsearch API and it also offering autocomplete for common APIs. 
 There are [`GET`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-get.html), 
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ Examples usage:
 
 You should install [`json_reformat`](http://dev.man-online.org/package/main/yajl-tools/) to format json output.
 
+Instructions
+-------
+
+If you'd prefer to specify an explicit Elasticsearch node client to query, you can set variable like so in `.zshrc`:
+
+`export CLIENT_ELK_NODE=client_node`
+
+Default is `localhost`.
+
 Aliases
 -------
 
diff --git a/plugins/elasticsearch/_GET b/plugins/elasticsearch/_GET
index aad95d43e..a08ec8e33 100644
--- a/plugins/elasticsearch/_GET
+++ b/plugins/elasticsearch/_GET
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ options=(
     '_shutdown:Shutdown all nodes'
     '_stats/fielddata:Field data memory usage on index level'
     '_stats:High level aggregation and index level stats for all indices'
-    '_status:Status information of all indices'
     '_template:List of all index templates'
 )
 _describe 'values' options
diff --git a/plugins/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.plugin.zsh b/plugins/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.plugin.zsh
index 60dc0e05f..4045c2710 100644
--- a/plugins/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.plugin.zsh
@@ -3,21 +3,25 @@ alias ecs='GET _cluster/state'
 alias ens='GET _nodes/stats'
 alias esf='GET _stats/fielddata'
 
+if [ -z ${CLIENT_ELK_NODE} ]; then
+    export CLIENT_ELK_NODE=localhost
+fi
+
 # GET
 if which json_reformat > /dev/null 2>&1; then 
-    GET() { curl -s -XGET http://localhost:9200/"$@" | json_reformat 2>/dev/null || curl -s -XGET http://localhost:9200/"$@" }
+    GET() { curl -s -XGET http://${CLIENT_ELK_NODE}:9200/"$@" | json_reformat 2>/dev/null || curl -s -XGET http://${CLIENT_ELK_NODE}:9200/"$@" }
 else
-    GET() { curl -s -XGET http://localhost:9200/"$@" }
+    GET() { curl -s -XGET http://${CLIENT_ELK_NODE}:9200/"$@" }
 fi
 
 # HEAD
-HEAD() { curl -s -XHEAD -i http://localhost:9200/"$@" }
+HEAD() { curl -s -XHEAD -i http://${CLIENT_ELK_NODE}:9200/"$@" }
 
 # DELETE
-DELETE() { curl -s -XDELETE http://localhost:9200/"$@" }
+DELETE() { curl -s -XDELETE http://${CLIENT_ELK_NODE}:9200/"$@" }
 
 # PUT
-PUT() { curl -s -XPUT http://localhost:9200/"$@" }
+PUT() { curl -s -XPUT http://${CLIENT_ELK_NODE}:9200/"$@" }
 
 # POST
-POST() { curl -s -XPOST http://localhost:9200/"$@" }
+POST() { curl -s -XPOST http://${CLIENT_ELK_NODE}:9200/"$@" }