diff --git a/deploy-manage/monitor/orchestrators/ece-monitoring-ece-set-retention.md b/deploy-manage/monitor/orchestrators/ece-monitoring-ece-set-retention.md
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--- a/deploy-manage/monitor/orchestrators/ece-monitoring-ece-set-retention.md
+++ b/deploy-manage/monitor/orchestrators/ece-monitoring-ece-set-retention.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ You might need to adjust the retention period for one of the following reasons:
 To customize the retention period, set up a custom lifecycle policy for logs and metrics indices:
 
 1. [Create a new index lifecycle management (ILM) policy](../../../manage-data/lifecycle/index-lifecycle-management/configure-lifecycle-policy.md) in the logging and metrics cluster.
-2. Create a new, legacy-style, index template that matches the data view (formerly *index pattern*) that you want to customize the lifecycle for.
-3. Specify a lifecycle policy in the index template settings.
-4. Choose a higher `order` for the template so the specified lifecycle policy will be used instead of the default.
+2. Create a new composable index template that matches the data view (formerly *index pattern*) for the data stream you want to customize the lifecycle for.
+3. Specify a custom lifecycle policy in the index template settings.
+4. Choose a higher `priority` for the template so the specified lifecycle policy will be used instead of the default.