diff --git a/docs/developers/axes.md b/docs/developers/axes.md
index 01917928947..6bc4507126c 100644
--- a/docs/developers/axes.md
+++ b/docs/developers/axes.md
@@ -90,9 +90,8 @@ To work with Chart.js, custom scale types must implement the following interface
 
     // Get the pixel (x coordinate for horizontal axis, y coordinate for vertical axis) for a given value
     // @param value : the value to get the pixel for
-    // @param index : index into the data array of the value
-    // @param datasetIndex : index of the dataset the value comes from
-    getPixelForValue: function(value, index, datasetIndex) {},
+    // @param [index] : index into the data array of the value
+    getPixelForValue: function(value, index) {},
 
     // Get the value for a given pixel (x coordinate for horizontal axis, y coordinate for vertical axis)
     // @param pixel : pixel value
diff --git a/docs/getting-started/v3-migration.md b/docs/getting-started/v3-migration.md
index 9372488bce4..7e4ba2ad0e0 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/v3-migration.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/v3-migration.md
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ The APIs listed in this section have changed in signature or behaviour from vers
 #### Changed in Scales
 
 * `Scale.getLabelForIndex` was replaced by `scale.getLabelForValue`
-* `Scale.getPixelForValue` now has only one parameter. For the `TimeScale` that parameter must be millis since the epoch
+* `Scale.getPixelForValue` now only requires one parameter. For the `TimeScale` that parameter must be millis since the epoch. As a performance optimization, it may take an optional second parameter, giving the index of the data point.
 
 ##### Changed in Ticks
 
diff --git a/types/index.esm.d.ts b/types/index.esm.d.ts
index 9043ac851a4..fd5c53848e5 100644
--- a/types/index.esm.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.esm.d.ts
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ export interface Scale<O extends CoreScaleOptions = CoreScaleOptions> extends El
    * @param {number} [index]
    * @return {number}
    */
-  getPixelForValue(value: number, index: number): number;
+  getPixelForValue(value: number, index?: number): number;
 
   /**
    * Used to get the data value from a given pixel. This is the inverse of getPixelForValue