diff --git a/modules/cluster-logging-collector-legacy-fluentd.adoc b/modules/cluster-logging-collector-legacy-fluentd.adoc
index ac20691c2945..89d6a7de78ab 100644
--- a/modules/cluster-logging-collector-legacy-fluentd.adoc
+++ b/modules/cluster-logging-collector-legacy-fluentd.adoc
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ To send logs using the Fluentd *forward* protocol, create a configuration file c
 <store>
   @type forward
   <security>
-    self_hostname fluentd.example.com
+    self_hostname ${hostname}
     shared_key "fluent-receiver"
   </security>
   transport tls
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ To configure {product-title} to forward logs using the legacy Fluentd method:
 <store>
   @type forward
   <security>
-    self_hostname <common-name> <1>
-    shared_key <key> <2>
+    self_hostname ${hostname}
+    shared_key <key> <1>
   </security>
-  transport tls <3>
-  tls_verify_hostname <value> <4>
-  tls_cert_path <path_to_file> <5>
-  <buffer> <6>
+  transport tls <2>
+  tls_verify_hostname <value> <3>
+  tls_cert_path <path_to_file> <4>
+  <buffer> <5>
     @type file
     path '/var/lib/fluentd/secureforwardlegacy'
     queued_chunks_limit_size "#{ENV['BUFFER_QUEUE_LIMIT'] || '1024' }"
@@ -80,27 +80,26 @@ To configure {product-title} to forward logs using the legacy Fluentd method:
     overflow_action "#{ENV['BUFFER_QUEUE_FULL_ACTION'] || 'exception'}"
   </buffer>
   <server>
-    name <7>
-    host <8>
-    hostlabel <9>
-    port <10>
+    name <6>
+    host <7>
+    hostlabel <8>
+    port <9>
   </server>
-  <server> <11>
+  <server> <10>
     name
     host
   </server>
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-<1> Specify the default value of the auto-generated certificate common name (CN).
-<2> Enter the shared key between nodes
-<3> Specify `tls` to enable TLS validation.
-<4> Set to `true` to verify the server cert hostname. Set to `false` to ignore server cert hostname.
-<5> Specify the path to the private CA certificate file as `/etc/ocp-forward/ca_cert.pem`.
-<6> Specify the link:https://docs.fluentd.org/configuration/buffer-section[Fluentd buffer parameters] as needed.
-<7> Optionally, enter a name for this server.
-<8> Specify the host name or IP of the server.
-<9> Specify the host label of the server.
-<10> Specify the port of the server.
-<11> Optionally, add additional servers.
+<1> Enter the shared key between nodes.
+<2> Specify `tls` to enable TLS validation.
+<3> Set to `true` to verify the server cert host name. Set to `false` to ignore server cert host name.
+<4> Specify the path to the private CA certificate file as `/etc/ocp-forward/ca_cert.pem`.
+<5> Specify the link:https://docs.fluentd.org/configuration/buffer-section[Fluentd buffer parameters] as needed.
+<6> Optionally, enter a name for this server.
+<7> Specify the host name or IP of the server.
+<8> Specify the host label of the server.
+<9> Specify the port of the server.
+<10> Optionally, add additional servers.
 If you specify two or more servers, *forward* uses these server nodes in a round-robin order.
 +
 To use Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication, see the link:https://docs.fluentd.org/output/forward#tips-and-tricks[Fluentd documentation] for information about client certificate, key parameters, and other settings.
@@ -112,8 +111,7 @@ To use Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication, see the link:https://docs.fluentd.org/o
 $ oc create configmap secure-forward --from-file=secure-forward.conf -n openshift-logging
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-The Cluster Logging Operator redeploys the Fluentd pods. If the pods do not redeploy, you can delete the Fluentd
-pods to force them to redeploy.
+The Cluster Logging Operator redeploys the Fluentd pods. If the pods do not redeploy, you can delete the Fluentd pods to force them to redeploy.
 
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