diff --git a/docs/reference/ilm/apis/put-lifecycle.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ilm/apis/put-lifecycle.asciidoc
index c30c9367d50..f5361820437 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ilm/apis/put-lifecycle.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ilm/apis/put-lifecycle.asciidoc
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ definitions of policy components.
 cluster privilege to use this API. You must also have the `manage` index
 privilege on all indices being managed by `policy`. {ilm-init} performs
 operations as the user who last updated the policy. {ilm-init} only has the
-<<security-privileges,privileges>> assigned to the user at the time of the
-last policy update.
+<<defining-roles,roles>> assigned to the user at the time of the last policy
+update.
 
 [[ilm-put-lifecycle-desc]]
 ==== {api-description-title}
diff --git a/docs/reference/ilm/ilm-index-lifecycle.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ilm/ilm-index-lifecycle.asciidoc
index 864af2e647a..30b6aaf7862 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ilm/ilm-index-lifecycle.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ilm/ilm-index-lifecycle.asciidoc
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ When an index rolls over, a manually-applied policy isn't automatically applied
 
 If you use {es}'s security features, {ilm-init} performs operations as the user
 who last updated the policy. {ilm-init} only has the
-<<security-privileges,privileges>> assigned to the user at the time of the
-last policy update.
+<<defining-roles,roles>> assigned to the user at the time of the last policy
+update.
 
 [discrete]
 [[ilm-phase-transitions]]