diff --git a/x-pack/docs/en/security/securing-communications/security-basic-setup-https.asciidoc b/x-pack/docs/en/security/securing-communications/security-basic-setup-https.asciidoc
index cd545c010d472..4b0c876b2d1b7 100644
--- a/x-pack/docs/en/security/securing-communications/security-basic-setup-https.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/docs/en/security/securing-communications/security-basic-setup-https.asciidoc
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ See {metricbeat-ref}/configuration-ssl.html[Configure SSL for {metricbeat}].
 +
 [source,shell]
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-/.metricbeat -e
+./metricbeat -e
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 +
 `-e` is optional and sends output to standard error instead of the configured