diff --git a/docs/source/news.rst b/docs/source/news.rst
index e6dcb9f..7f30c04 100644
--- a/docs/source/news.rst
+++ b/docs/source/news.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ What's New
 Documentation:
 
 * Documented how to add log levels, and how to filter Eliot logs.
-
+* Logstash configuration is closer to modern version's options, though still untested.
 
 1.3.0
 ^^^^^
diff --git a/docs/source/outputting/elasticsearch.rst b/docs/source/outputting/elasticsearch.rst
index 7be957d..7293756 100644
--- a/docs/source/outputting/elasticsearch.rst
+++ b/docs/source/outputting/elasticsearch.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Using Logstash and ElasticSearch to Process Eliot Logs
 ======================================================
 
+.. note:: Logstash, Elasticsearch and Kibana change frequently. These instructions might not be quite accurate.
+
 `ElasticSearch`_ is a search and analytics engine which can be used to store Eliot logging output.
 The logs can then be browsed by humans using the `Kibana`_ web UI, or on the command-line using the `logstash-cli`_ tool.
 Automated systems can access the logs using the ElasticSearch query API.
diff --git a/docs/source/outputting/logstash_standalone.conf b/docs/source/outputting/logstash_standalone.conf
index fba6645..992b7cd 100644
--- a/docs/source/outputting/logstash_standalone.conf
+++ b/docs/source/outputting/logstash_standalone.conf
@@ -22,29 +22,10 @@ output {
   }
 
   elasticsearch {
-    # Documents in ElasticSearch are identified by tuples of (index, mapping
-    # type, document_id).
-    # References:
-    # - http://logstash.net/docs/1.3.2/outputs/elasticsearch
-    # - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15025876/what-is-an-index-in-elasticsearch
-
     # We make the document id unique (for a specific index/mapping type pair) by
     # using the relevant Eliot fields. This means replaying messages will not
     # result in duplicates, as long as the replayed messages end up in the same
-    # index (see below).
+    # index.
     document_id => "%{task_uuid}_%{task_level}"
-
-    # By default logstash sets the index to include the current date. When we
-    # get to point of replaying log files on startup for crash recovery we might
-    # want to use the last modified date of the file instead of current date,
-    # otherwise we'll get documents ending up in wrong index.
-
-    #index => "logstash-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
-
-    index_type => "Eliot"
-
-    # In a centralized ElasticSearch setup we'd be specifying host/port
-    # or some such. In this setup we run it ourselves:
-    embedded => true
   }
 }