diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ab60f7..2268364 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1442,10 +1442,8 @@ products = Product.search("milk").body_options(min_score: 1)
 or
 
 ```ruby
-products =
-  Product.search("apples") do |body|
-    body[:min_score] = 1
-  end
+products = Product.search("apples")
+products.body[:min_score] = 1
 ```
 
 ### Elasticsearch Gem
diff --git a/lib/searchkick/relation.rb b/lib/searchkick/relation.rb
index b08cbf5..48a542c 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/relation.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/relation.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Searchkick
       :offset_value, :previous_page, :prev_page, :next_page, :first_page?, :last_page?,
       :out_of_range?, :hits, :response, :to_a, :first, :highlights, :group_by, :misspellings?, :with_highlights
 
-    def_delegators :query, :body, :params
+    def_delegators :query, :params
 
     def initialize(klass, term = "*", **options)
       unknown_keywords = options.keys - [:aggs, :block, :body, :body_options, :boost,
@@ -298,6 +298,19 @@ module Searchkick
       self
     end
 
+    def body(*args)
+      if args.empty?
+        params.body
+      else
+        spawn.body!(*args)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def body!(value)
+      options[:body] = value
+      self
+    end
+
     def body_options(value)
       spawn.body_options!(value)
     end
diff --git a/test/index_test.rb b/test/index_test.rb
index 65a59e6..f13f146 100644
--- a/test/index_test.rb
+++ b/test/index_test.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class IndexTest < Minitest::Test
   def test_body
     store_names ["Dollar Tree"], Store
     assert_equal ["Dollar Tree"], Store.search(body: {query: {match: {name: "dollar"}}}, load: false).map(&:name)
+    assert_equal ["Dollar Tree"], Store.search.body(query: {match: {name: "dollar"}}).load(false).map(&:name)
   end
 
   def test_body_incompatible_options
--
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