diff --git a/docs/reference/ingest.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ingest.asciidoc
index 7693eee3cde..3110a2df96f 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ingest.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ingest.asciidoc
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ dedicated ingest nodes. To disable ingest for a node, configure the following se
 elasticsearch.yml file:
 
 [source,yaml]
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-node.ingest: false
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+----
+node.roles: [ ingest ]
+----
 
 To pre-process documents before indexing, <<pipeline,define a pipeline>> that specifies a series of
 <<ingest-processors,processors>>. Each processor transforms the document in some specific way. For example, a