diff --git a/src/Elasticsearch/Namespaces/IndicesNamespace.php b/src/Elasticsearch/Namespaces/IndicesNamespace.php
index ef0938317..9dd2badc6 100644
--- a/src/Elasticsearch/Namespaces/IndicesNamespace.php
+++ b/src/Elasticsearch/Namespaces/IndicesNamespace.php
@@ -684,6 +684,17 @@ public function validateQuery(array $params = [])
         return $this->performRequest($endpoint);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Alias function to getAlias()
+     *
+     * @deprecated added to prevent BC break introduced in 7.2.0
+     * @see https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/issues/940
+     */
+    public function getAliases(array $params)
+    {
+        return $this->getAlias($params);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Endpoint: indices.get_alias
      *