diff --git a/.changeset/wet-pugs-exist.md b/.changeset/wet-pugs-exist.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..509fb19f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wet-pugs-exist.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Added optional parameter `documentType` to `DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions` which allows to override default document type `software-catalog`. For more details, see [How to customize document type in the Software Catalog index](../docs/features/search/how-to-guides.md#how-to-customize-document-type-in-the-software-catalog-index).
diff --git a/docs/features/search/how-to-guides.md b/docs/features/search/how-to-guides.md
index b464168724..d2c8c537f2 100644
--- a/docs/features/search/how-to-guides.md
+++ b/docs/features/search/how-to-guides.md
@@ -184,6 +184,49 @@ indexBuilder.addCollator({
 As shown above, you can add a catalog entity filter to narrow down what catalog
 entities are indexed by the search engine.
 
+## How to customize document type in the Software Catalog index
+
+In some cases you might want to have the ability to change the document type in which catalog entities will be indexed by catalog collator.
+Such option gives a possibility to customize SearchPage results and filters depending on which document type you would like to see results for.
+
+You can achieve that by passing additional parameter `documentType` to the `DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory`.
+
+Let's say that you want to have two different document types for some entities.
+Our example will cover a use case in which we want to:
+
+- Store entities of kind `User` or `Group` under document type `yourCustomDocumentType`,
+- Store rest of entities under default document type `software-catalog`
+
+To achieve that you will have to remove `User` and `Group` from your previous collator `filter` and register new `DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory` with new parameter `documentType`.
+
+```diff
+// packages/backend/src/plugins/search.ts
+
+  indexBuilder.addCollator({
+    schedule,
+    factory: DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory.fromConfig(env.config, {
+      discovery: env.discovery,
+      tokenManager: env.tokenManager,
+      filter: {
+-        kind: ['API', 'Component', 'Domain', 'Resource', 'System', 'Template', 'User', 'Group'],
++        kind: ['API', 'Component', 'Domain', 'Resource', 'System', 'Template'],
+      },
+    }),
+  });
+
++  indexBuilder.addCollator({
++    schedule,
++    factory: DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory.fromConfig(env.config, {
++      discovery: env.discovery,
++      tokenManager: env.tokenManager,
++      filter: {
++        kind: ['User', 'Group'],
++      },
++      documentType: 'yourCustomDocumentType',
++    }),
++  });
+```
+
 ## How to customize search results highlighting styling
 
 The default highlighting styling for matched terms in search results is your
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
index 00c13a31ea..8aae10fefb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ export class DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
   // (undocumented)
   getCollator(): Promise<Readable>;
   // (undocumented)
-  readonly type = 'software-catalog';
+  readonly type: string;
   // (undocumented)
   readonly visibilityPermission: Permission;
 }
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ export type DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions = {
   batchSize?: number;
   catalogClient?: CatalogApi;
   entityTransformer?: CatalogCollatorEntityTransformer;
+  documentType?: string;
 };
 
 export { DeferredEntity };
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory.ts
index ed81d39bbb..d04b8d54d3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/search/DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory.ts
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ export type DefaultCatalogCollatorFactoryOptions = {
   batchSize?: number;
   catalogClient?: CatalogApi;
   entityTransformer?: CatalogCollatorEntityTransformer;
+  documentType?: string;
 };
 
 /** @public */
 export class DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
-  public readonly type = 'software-catalog';
+  public readonly type: string;
   public readonly visibilityPermission: Permission =
     catalogEntityReadPermission;
 
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ export class DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
       catalogClient,
       tokenManager,
       entityTransformer,
+      documentType,
     } = options;
 
     this.locationTemplate =
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ export class DefaultCatalogCollatorFactory implements DocumentCollatorFactory {
     this.tokenManager = tokenManager;
     this.entityTransformer =
       entityTransformer ?? defaultCatalogCollatorEntityTransformer;
+    this.type = documentType ?? 'software-catalog';
   }
 
   async getCollator(): Promise<Readable> {