diff --git a/lib/Helpers.d.ts b/lib/Helpers.d.ts
index ed0e5d41a..4055ae5ce 100644
--- a/lib/Helpers.d.ts
+++ b/lib/Helpers.d.ts
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ export interface BulkStats {
   aborted: boolean;
 }
 
-interface IndexAction {
+interface IndexActionOperation {
   index: {
     _index: string;
     [key: string]: any;
   };
 }
 
-interface CreateAction {
+interface CreateActionOperation {
   create: {
     _index: string;
     [key: string]: any;
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ interface DeleteAction {
   };
 }
 
+type CreateAction = CreateActionOperation | [CreateActionOperation, unknown];
+type IndexAction = IndexActionOperation | [IndexActionOperation, unknown];
 type UpdateAction = [UpdateActionOperation, Record<string, any>];
 type Action = IndexAction | CreateAction | UpdateAction | DeleteAction;
 type Omit<T, K extends keyof T> = Pick<T, Exclude<keyof T, K>>;
diff --git a/test/unit/helpers/bulk.test.js b/test/unit/helpers/bulk.test.js
index c03ae5532..ff5b14d92 100644
--- a/test/unit/helpers/bulk.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/helpers/bulk.test.js
@@ -684,6 +684,56 @@ test('bulk index', (t) => {
         });
     });
 
+    t.test('Should use payload returned by `onDocument`', async (t) => {
+      let count = 0;
+      const updatedAt = '1970-01-01T12:00:00.000Z';
+      const MockConnection = connection.buildMockConnection({
+        onRequest(params) {
+          t.equal(params.path, '/_bulk');
+          t.match(params.headers, {
+            'content-type': 'application/x-ndjson',
+          });
+          const [action, payload] = params.body.split('\n');
+          t.same(JSON.parse(action), { index: { _index: 'test' } });
+          t.same(JSON.parse(payload), { ...dataset[count++], updatedAt });
+          return { body: { errors: false, items: [{}] } };
+        },
+      });
+
+      const client = new Client({
+        node: 'http://localhost:9200',
+        Connection: MockConnection,
+      });
+      const result = await client.helpers.bulk({
+        datasource: dataset.slice(),
+        flushBytes: 1,
+        concurrency: 1,
+        onDocument(doc) {
+          return [
+            {
+              index: {
+                _index: 'test',
+              },
+            },
+            { ...doc, updatedAt },
+          ];
+        },
+        onDrop(doc) {
+          t.fail('This should never be called');
+        },
+      });
+
+      t.type(result.time, 'number');
+      t.type(result.bytes, 'number');
+      t.match(result, {
+        total: 3,
+        successful: 3,
+        retry: 0,
+        failed: 0,
+        aborted: false,
+      });
+    });
+
     t.end();
   });
 
@@ -844,6 +894,57 @@ test('bulk create', (t) => {
       aborted: false,
     });
   });
+
+  t.test('Should perform a bulk request', async (t) => {
+    let count = 0;
+    const updatedAt = '1970-01-01T12:00:00.000Z';
+    const MockConnection = connection.buildMockConnection({
+      onRequest(params) {
+        t.equal(params.path, '/_bulk');
+        t.match(params.headers, { 'content-type': 'application/x-ndjson' });
+        const [action, payload] = params.body.split('\n');
+        t.same(JSON.parse(action), { create: { _index: 'test', _id: count } });
+        t.same(JSON.parse(payload), { ...dataset[count++], updatedAt });
+        return { body: { errors: false, items: [{}] } };
+      },
+    });
+
+    const client = new Client({
+      node: 'http://localhost:9200',
+      Connection: MockConnection,
+    });
+    let id = 0;
+    const result = await client.helpers.bulk({
+      datasource: dataset.slice(),
+      flushBytes: 1,
+      concurrency: 1,
+      onDocument(doc) {
+        return [
+          {
+            create: {
+              _index: 'test',
+              _id: id++,
+            },
+          },
+          { ...doc, updatedAt },
+        ];
+      },
+      onDrop(doc) {
+        t.fail('This should never be called');
+      },
+    });
+
+    t.type(result.time, 'number');
+    t.type(result.bytes, 'number');
+    t.match(result, {
+      total: 3,
+      successful: 3,
+      retry: 0,
+      failed: 0,
+      aborted: false,
+    });
+  });
+
   t.end();
 });