diff --git a/e2e/screenshots/all.test.ts-snapshots/baselines/area-chart/test-single-point-chrome-linux.png b/e2e/screenshots/all.test.ts-snapshots/baselines/area-chart/test-single-point-chrome-linux.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..400cb39c63
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diff --git a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/xy_chart/renderer/canvas/areas.ts b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/xy_chart/renderer/canvas/areas.ts
index 3009e46092..ba1a352530 100644
--- a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/xy_chart/renderer/canvas/areas.ts
+++ b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/xy_chart/renderer/canvas/areas.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ export function renderAreas(
             style.line.strokeWidth,
             minPointDistance,
             style.pointVisibilityMinDistance,
-            hasFit,
+            // has a connecting line only if is fit and there are more than one point on the chart
+            hasFit && points.length > 1,
           ),
         { area: getPanelClipping(panel, rotation), shouldClip: points[0]?.value.mark !== null },
       );
diff --git a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/xy_chart/renderer/canvas/lines.ts b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/xy_chart/renderer/canvas/lines.ts
index c97e9ff135..c997f102d0 100644
--- a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/xy_chart/renderer/canvas/lines.ts
+++ b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/xy_chart/renderer/canvas/lines.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ export function renderLines(
             line.style.line.strokeWidth,
             line.minPointDistance,
             line.style.pointVisibilityMinDistance,
-            line.hasFit,
+            // has a connecting line only if is fit and there are more than one point on the chart
+            line.hasFit && line.points.length > 1,
           ),
         // TODO: add padding over clipping
         { area: clippings, shouldClip: line.points[0]?.value.mark !== null },
diff --git a/storybook/stories/area/22_single_point_test.story.tsx b/storybook/stories/area/22_single_point_test.story.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5667237a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storybook/stories/area/22_single_point_test.story.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+
+import {
+  AreaSeries,
+  Axis,
+  Chart,
+  Position,
+  ScaleType,
+  Settings,
+  timeFormatter,
+  LegendValue,
+  LineSeries,
+} from '@elastic/charts';
+import { KIBANA_METRICS } from '@elastic/charts/src/utils/data_samples/test_dataset_kibana';
+
+import { ChartsStory } from '../../types';
+import { useBaseTheme } from '../../use_base_theme';
+
+const dateFormatter = timeFormatter('HH:mm');
+const dataLow = KIBANA_METRICS.metrics.kibana_os_load.v1.data;
+
+export const Example: ChartsStory = (_, { title, description }) => (
+  <Chart title={title} description={description}>
+    <Settings
+      showLegend
+      legendValues={[LegendValue.Count]}
+      legendPosition={Position.Right}
+      baseTheme={useBaseTheme()}
+      xDomain={{
+        min: KIBANA_METRICS.metrics.kibana_os_load.v1.timeRange.min,
+        max: KIBANA_METRICS.metrics.kibana_os_load.v1.timeRange.max,
+      }}
+    />
+    <Axis
+      id="bottom"
+      title="timestamp per 1 minute"
+      position={Position.Bottom}
+      showOverlappingTicks
+      tickFormat={dateFormatter}
+    />
+    <Axis
+      id="left"
+      title={KIBANA_METRICS.metrics.kibana_os_load.v1.metric.title}
+      position={Position.Left}
+      tickFormat={(d) => Number(d).toFixed(2)}
+    />
+    <AreaSeries
+      id="area 1 point"
+      xScaleType={ScaleType.Time}
+      yScaleType={ScaleType.Linear}
+      xAccessor={0}
+      yAccessors={[1]}
+      fit={{ type: 'linear' }}
+      data={[dataLow[20]]}
+      color="#00BEB8"
+    />
+    <AreaSeries
+      id="area 2 points"
+      xScaleType={ScaleType.Time}
+      yScaleType={ScaleType.Linear}
+      xAccessor={0}
+      yAccessors={[1]}
+      fit={{ type: 'linear' }}
+      data={[dataLow[30], dataLow[45]]}
+      color="#93E5E0"
+    />
+
+    <LineSeries
+      id="line 1 point"
+      xScaleType={ScaleType.Time}
+      yScaleType={ScaleType.Linear}
+      xAccessor={0}
+      yAccessors={[1]}
+      fit={{ type: 'linear' }}
+      data={[dataLow[60]]}
+      color="#599DFF"
+    />
+    <LineSeries
+      id="line 2 points"
+      xScaleType={ScaleType.Time}
+      yScaleType={ScaleType.Linear}
+      xAccessor={0}
+      yAccessors={[1]}
+      fit={{ type: 'linear' }}
+      data={[dataLow[65], dataLow[85]]}
+      color="#B4D5FF"
+    />
+  </Chart>
+);
diff --git a/storybook/stories/area/area.stories.tsx b/storybook/stories/area/area.stories.tsx
index 50646bcbc8..b1bb03722a 100644
--- a/storybook/stories/area/area.stories.tsx
+++ b/storybook/stories/area/area.stories.tsx
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ export { Example as steppedArea } from './20_stepped_area.story';
 export { Example as testLinear } from './11_test_linear.story';
 export { Example as testTime } from './12_test_time.story';
 export { Example as testStackedWithMissingValues } from './16_test_stacked_with_missing.story';
+export { Example as testSinglePoint } from './22_single_point_test.story';