diff --git a/docs/plugins/ingest.asciidoc b/docs/plugins/ingest.asciidoc
index 953683e900f..e41f9bbd431 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/ingest.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/plugins/ingest.asciidoc
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ its value will be replaced with the provided one.
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 {
   "set": {
-    "field1": 582.1
+    "field": "field1",
+    "value": 582.1
   }
 }
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@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ Accepts a single value or an array of values.
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 {
   "append": {
-    "field1": ["item2", "item3", "item4"]
+    "field": "field1"
+    "value": ["item2", "item3", "item4"]
   }
 }
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