diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/mapping/Indexed.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/mapping/Indexed.java
index f98e348ba..60d7ecd52 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/mapping/Indexed.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/mapping/Indexed.java
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 
 /**
- * Identifies a secondary index in the table. Usually it is a field with common duplicate values within the table.
- * 
- * Using unique fields is not recommended.
+ * Identifies a secondary index in the table on a single, non-key column.
  * 
  * @author Alex Shvid
  * @author Matthew T. Adams
@@ -31,4 +29,10 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 @Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Target(value = { ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE })
 public @interface Indexed {
+
+	/**
+	 * The name of the index. If {@literal null} or empty, then the index name will be generated by Cassandra and will be
+	 * unknown unless column metadata is used to discover the generated index name.
+	 */
+	String value() default "";
 }