diff --git a/docs/en/security/tribe-clients-integrations/monitoring.asciidoc b/docs/en/security/tribe-clients-integrations/monitoring.asciidoc
index 98284b9e9ff..ade08e6738f 100644
--- a/docs/en/security/tribe-clients-integrations/monitoring.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/en/security/tribe-clients-integrations/monitoring.asciidoc
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ can specify the location of the PEM encoded certificate with the
 
 [source,yaml]
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-xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.ca: [ "/path/to/ca.crt" ]
+xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.ca: /path/to/ca.crt
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 Alternatively, you can configure trusted certificates using a truststore