diff --git a/docs/reference/modules/tribe.asciidoc b/docs/reference/modules/tribe.asciidoc
index 6164666940f..bdae1816fba 100644
--- a/docs/reference/modules/tribe.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/modules/tribe.asciidoc
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ tribe:
         metadata: true
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-The tribe node can also configure blocks on indices explicitly:
+The tribe node can also configure blocks on selected indices:
 
 [source,yaml]
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 tribe:
     blocks:
-        indices.write: hk*,ldn*
+        write.indices:    hk*,ldn*
+        metadata.indices: hk*,ldn*
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 When there is a conflict and multiple clusters hold the same index, by default