diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/action/search/TransportSearchIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/action/search/TransportSearchIT.java
index 8cd7bdeb0c822..9be9f1c7f3d7d 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/action/search/TransportSearchIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/action/search/TransportSearchIT.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.query.RangeQueryBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.index.shard.IndexShard;
 import org.opensearch.indices.IndicesService;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationType;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.SearchPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestStatus;
@@ -370,6 +371,51 @@ public void testSearchIdle() throws Exception {
         });
     }
 
+    public void testSearchIdleWithSegmentReplication() throws Exception {
+        int numOfReplicas = 1;
+        internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(numOfReplicas + 1);
+        final Settings.Builder settings = Settings.builder()
+            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, randomIntBetween(1, 5))
+            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, numOfReplicas)
+            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_REPLICATION_TYPE, ReplicationType.SEGMENT);
+        assertAcked(prepareCreate("test").setSettings(settings).setMapping("created_date", "type=date,format=yyyy-MM-dd"));
+        ensureGreen("test");
+        assertAcked(
+            client().admin()
+                .indices()
+                .prepareUpdateSettings("test")
+                .setSettings(
+                    Settings.builder()
+                        .put(IndexSettings.INDEX_SEARCH_IDLE_AFTER.getKey(), TimeValue.timeValueMillis(randomIntBetween(50, 500)))
+                )
+        );
+
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            for (String node : internalCluster().nodesInclude("test")) {
+                final IndicesService indicesService = internalCluster().getInstance(IndicesService.class, node);
+                for (IndexShard indexShard : indicesService.indexServiceSafe(resolveIndex("test"))) {
+                    assertFalse(indexShard.isSearchIdleSupported());
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        assertAcked(
+            client().admin()
+                .indices()
+                .prepareUpdateSettings("test")
+                .setSettings(Settings.builder().put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0))
+        );
+
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            for (String node : internalCluster().nodesInclude("test")) {
+                final IndicesService indicesService = internalCluster().getInstance(IndicesService.class, node);
+                for (IndexShard indexShard : indicesService.indexServiceSafe(resolveIndex("test"))) {
+                    assertTrue(indexShard.isSearchIdleSupported());
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     public void testCircuitBreakerReduceFail() throws Exception {
         int numShards = randomIntBetween(1, 10);
         indexSomeDocs("test", numShards, numShards * 3);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexSettings.java
index 0bd6fa37f1cf6..85604d49ba6b2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/IndexSettings.java
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ private void setSearchSegmentOrderReversed(boolean reversed) {
 
     private void setSearchIdleAfter(TimeValue searchIdleAfter) {
         if (this.replicationType == ReplicationType.SEGMENT && this.getNumberOfReplicas() > 0) {
-            logger.warn("Search idle is not supported for indices with replicas using 'replication.type: SEGMENT");
+            logger.warn("Search idle is not supported for indices with replicas using 'replication.type: SEGMENT'");
         }
         this.searchIdleAfter = searchIdleAfter;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index 8989952c8d257..48222ca0259cd 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -4261,7 +4261,7 @@ public final boolean isSearchIdle() {
      * after a refresh, so we don't want to wait for a search to trigger that cycle. Replicas will only refresh after receiving
      * a new set of segments.
      */
-    private boolean isSearchIdleSupported() {
+    public final boolean isSearchIdleSupported() {
         return indexSettings.isSegRepEnabled() == false || indexSettings.getNumberOfReplicas() == 0;
     }