diff --git a/manage-data/data-store/data-streams/logs-data-stream.md b/manage-data/data-store/data-streams/logs-data-stream.md
index d4f5ad1cb3..2d65beaa72 100644
--- a/manage-data/data-store/data-streams/logs-data-stream.md
+++ b/manage-data/data-store/data-streams/logs-data-stream.md
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ In benchmarks, log data stored in a logs data stream used ~2.5 times less disk s
 
 ## Create a logs data stream [how-to-use-logsds]
 
+::::{important}
+Fleet integrations use [index templates](../templates.md) managed by Elastic. To modify these backing templates, update their [composite `custom` templates](/solutions/observability/logs/logs-index-template-reference.md##custom-logs-template-edit).
+::::
+
 To create a logs data stream, set your [template](../templates.md) `index.mode` to `logsdb`:
 
 ```console
 PUT _index_template/my-index-template
 {
-  "index_patterns": ["logs-*"],
+  "index_patterns": ["my-datastream-*"],
   "data_stream": { },
   "template": {
      "settings": {