diff --git a/content/master/concepts/patch-and-transform.md b/content/master/concepts/patch-and-transform.md
index ae5d2459a..893cf2894 100644
--- a/content/master/concepts/patch-and-transform.md
+++ b/content/master/concepts/patch-and-transform.md
@@ -1535,8 +1535,7 @@ patches:
       - type: string
         string:
           type: Format
-          format:
-            fmt: "the-field-%s"
+          fmt: "the-field-%s"
 ```
 
 #### Regular expression type
diff --git a/content/v1.13/concepts/patch-and-transform.md b/content/v1.13/concepts/patch-and-transform.md
index 905a00f3a..410290f5d 100644
--- a/content/v1.13/concepts/patch-and-transform.md
+++ b/content/v1.13/concepts/patch-and-transform.md
@@ -1534,8 +1534,7 @@ patches:
       - type: string
         string:
           type: Format
-          format:
-            fmt: "the-field-%s"
+          fmt: "the-field-%s"
 ```
 
 #### Regular expression type