diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index 146bd79dd..1878ee420 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
 
   SEARCH_SERIALIZER = Search::ArticleSerializer
   SEARCH_CLASS = Search::FeedContent
+  DATA_SYNC_CLASS = DataSync::Elasticsearch::Article
 
   acts_as_taggable_on :tags
   resourcify
@@ -100,8 +101,10 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
   after_update_commit :update_notifications, if: proc { |article|
                                                    article.notifications.any? && !article.saved_changes.empty?
                                                  }
+
   after_commit :async_score_calc, :touch_collection, on: %i[create update]
   after_commit :index_to_elasticsearch, on: %i[create update]
+  after_commit :sync_related_elasticsearch_docs, on: %i[update]
   after_commit :remove_from_elasticsearch, on: [:destroy]
 
   serialize :cached_user
diff --git a/app/serializers/search/comment_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/search/comment_serializer.rb
index ca1fa14f3..13429d375 100644
--- a/app/serializers/search/comment_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/search/comment_serializer.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ module Search
       comment.class.name
     end
     attribute :hotness_score, &:score
-    attribute :published do |_comment|
-      true
+    attribute :published do |comment|
+      comment.commentable&.published
     end
     attribute :published_at, &:created_at
     attribute :readable_publish_date_string, &:readable_publish_date
diff --git a/app/services/data_sync/elasticsearch/article.rb b/app/services/data_sync/elasticsearch/article.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abc03c709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/data_sync/elasticsearch/article.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module DataSync
+  module Elasticsearch
+    class Article < Base
+      RELATED_DOCS = %i[
+        comments
+      ].freeze
+
+      SHARED_FIELDS = %i[
+        published
+        title
+      ].freeze
+
+      delegate :comments, to: :@updated_record
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/data_update_scripts/20210118194138_resync_unpublished_articles_comments_elasticsearch_document.rb b/lib/data_update_scripts/20210118194138_resync_unpublished_articles_comments_elasticsearch_document.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5160419ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/data_update_scripts/20210118194138_resync_unpublished_articles_comments_elasticsearch_document.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module DataUpdateScripts
+  class ResyncUnpublishedArticlesCommentsElasticsearchDocument
+    def run
+      Article.unpublished.where.not(comments_count: 0).each do |article|
+        article.comments.each(&:index_to_elasticsearch)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/resync_unpublished_articles_comments_elasticsearch_document_spec.rb b/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/resync_unpublished_articles_comments_elasticsearch_document_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60c5705f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/resync_unpublished_articles_comments_elasticsearch_document_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+require Rails.root.join(
+  "lib/data_update_scripts/20210118194138_resync_unpublished_articles_comments_elasticsearch_document.rb",
+)
+
+describe DataUpdateScripts::ResyncUnpublishedArticlesCommentsElasticsearchDocument do
+  it "works" do
+    article = create(:article)
+    comment = create(:comment, commentable: article)
+    sidekiq_perform_enqueued_jobs
+    article.update_column(:published, false)
+
+    sidekiq_assert_enqueued_with(job: Search::IndexWorker, args: ["Comment", comment.id]) do
+      described_class.new.run
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/article_spec.rb b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
index 6654ad632..00d5fd2ed 100644
--- a/spec/models/article_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ RSpec.describe Article, type: :model do
           article.destroy
         end
       end
+
+      it "on update syncs elasticsearch data" do
+        allow(article).to receive(:sync_related_elasticsearch_docs)
+        article.save
+        expect(article).to have_received(:sync_related_elasticsearch_docs)
+      end
     end
 
     context "when published" do
diff --git a/spec/services/data_sync/elasticsearch/article_spec.rb b/spec/services/data_sync/elasticsearch/article_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f28ae30b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/data_sync/elasticsearch/article_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe DataSync::Elasticsearch::Article, type: :service do
+  it "defines necessary constants" do
+    expect(described_class::RELATED_DOCS).not_to be_nil
+    expect(described_class::SHARED_FIELDS).not_to be_nil
+  end
+end