diff --git a/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/actions/email.asciidoc b/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/actions/email.asciidoc
index adda53b810d..373904af066 100644
--- a/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/actions/email.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/actions/email.asciidoc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ the watch payload in the email body:
     "email" : { <2>
       "to" : "username@example.org", <3>
       "subject" : "Watcher Notification", <4>
-      "body" : "{{ctx.payload.hits.total.value}} error logs found" <5>
+      "body" : "{{ctx.payload.hits.total}} error logs found" <5>
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/condition/compare.asciidoc b/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/condition/compare.asciidoc
index f6fd06a11be..466cbe05ef6 100644
--- a/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/condition/compare.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/condition/compare.asciidoc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ condition returns `true` if the number of the total hits in the
 {
   "condition" : {
     "compare" : {
-      "ctx.payload.hits.total.value" : { <1>
+      "ctx.payload.hits.total" : { <1>
         "gte" : 5 <2>
       }
     }