diff --git a/docs/reference/setup/install/xpack-indices.asciidoc b/docs/reference/setup/install/xpack-indices.asciidoc
index 14eb756ed037f..f809aafd2aa45 100644
--- a/docs/reference/setup/install/xpack-indices.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/setup/install/xpack-indices.asciidoc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ creation in {es}, you must configure
 
 [source,yaml]
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-action.auto_create_index: .security,.monitoring*,.watches,.triggered_watches,.watcher-history*,.ml*
+action.auto_create_index: .monitoring*,.watches,.triggered_watches,.watcher-history*,.ml*
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 [IMPORTANT]