diff --git a/process/check.py b/process/check.py
index 327523a642738..aa3a08547dab0 100644
--- a/process/check.py
+++ b/process/check.py
@@ -325,14 +325,7 @@ def _get_child_processes(self, pids):
     def check(self, instance):
         name = instance.get('name', None)
         tags = instance.get('tags', [])
-        exact_match = None
-
-        if instance.get('match_on_process_name', None) is not None:
-            exact_match = instance.get('match_on_process_name', True)
-
-        if instance.get('exact_match', None) is not None:
-            exact_match = instance.get('exact_match', True)
-
+        exact_match = _is_affirmative(instance.get('exact_match', True))
         search_string = instance.get('search_string', None)
         ignore_ad = _is_affirmative(instance.get('ignore_denied_access', True))
         pid = instance.get('pid')
diff --git a/process/conf.yaml.example b/process/conf.yaml.example
index a61f4c0c59c07..e808b2bacfe91 100644
--- a/process/conf.yaml.example
+++ b/process/conf.yaml.example
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ instances:
 #                   return the counter of all the processes that contain the string
 #    pid: STRING. A Process id.
 #    pid_file: STRING. A Pid file.
-#    match_on_proc_name: (optional) Boolean. Default value of True matches your search_string on proc.name().
-#                        If you want to match on a substring within proc.cmdline(), set this to False
-#                        https://help.datadoghq.com/hc/en-us/articles/204116909-I-have-issues-with-my-process-check-it-doesn-t-find-my-processes-
+#    exact_match: (optional) Boolean. Default value of True matches your search_string on proc.name().
+#                 If you want to match on a substring within proc.cmdline(), set this to False
+#                 https://help.datadoghq.com/hc/en-us/articles/204116909-I-have-issues-with-my-process-check-it-doesn-t-find-my-processes-
 #    ignore_denied_access: (optional) Boolean. Default to True, when getting the number of files descriptors, dd-agent user might
 #    get a denied access. Set this to true to not issue a warning if that happens.
 #    thresholds: (optional) Two ranges: critical and warning
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ instances:
 #                   above the second one, the process check will return CRITICAL.
 #     In this example, process check will return OK for 3 to 5 process. WARNING for 1, 2, 6, 7 processes and Critical below 1 or above 7.
 #     CRITICAL is always dominant in case of overlapping.
-#    collect_children: BOOLEAN. If true, the check will also collect metrics from all child processes of a matched process. Default to false. 
+#    collect_children: BOOLEAN. If true, the check will also collect metrics from all child processes of a matched process. Default to false.
 #                      Please be aware that the collection is recursive, and might take some time depending on the use case.
 #
 # Examples: