diff --git a/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.expandshorthand.md b/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.expandshorthand.md
index 71835e6d28763c..6c8594b7eeffd0 100644
--- a/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.expandshorthand.md
+++ b/docs/development/plugins/data/public/kibana-plugin-plugins-data-public.expandshorthand.md
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 <b>Signature:</b>
 
 ```typescript
-expandShorthand: (sh: Record<string, ShorthandFieldMapObject>) => Record<string, FieldMappingSpec>
+expandShorthand: (sh: Record<string, ShorthandFieldMapObject>) => MappingObject
 ```
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md b/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md
index e6e037540194cd..f23dfe857c775f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/public.api.md
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ export type ExistsFilter = Filter & {
 // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "ShorthandFieldMapObject" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 //
 // @public (undocumented)
-export const expandShorthand: (sh: Record<string, ShorthandFieldMapObject>) => Record<string, FieldMappingSpec>;
+export const expandShorthand: (sh: Record<string, ShorthandFieldMapObject>) => MappingObject;
 
 // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "SavedObjectReference" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 // Warning: (ae-missing-release-tag) "extractReferences" is exported by the package, but it is missing a release tag (@alpha, @beta, @public, or @internal)