diff --git a/reference/fleet/elasticsearch-output.md b/reference/fleet/elasticsearch-output.md
index a6f62463b5..08a5d92291 100644
--- a/reference/fleet/elasticsearch-output.md
+++ b/reference/fleet/elasticsearch-output.md
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ Settings used to parse, filter, and transform data.
     ```yaml
     outputs:
       default:
-        type: elasticsearch  hosts: ["http://localhost:9200"]
+        type: elasticsearch
+        hosts: ["http://localhost:9200"]
         pipeline: "%{[fields.log_type]}_pipeline"
     ```