diff --git a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-count-functions.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-count-functions.asciidoc
index aef8e13bd429e..54298e80b92e2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-count-functions.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-count-functions.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-["appendix",role="exclude",id="ml-count-functions"]
+[[ml-count-functions]]
 = Count functions
 
 Count functions detect anomalies when the number of events in a bucket is
diff --git a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-functions.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-functions.asciidoc
index ec5e429bfc584..a44e3ceaa3158 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-functions.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-functions.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-[role="xpack"]
 [[ml-functions]]
 = Function reference
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-geo-functions.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-geo-functions.asciidoc
index 63a0f047db647..6c5f075ab24b2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-geo-functions.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-geo-functions.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-["appendix",role="exclude",id="ml-geo-functions"]
+[[ml-geo-functions]]
 = Geographic functions
 
 The geographic functions detect anomalies in the geographic location of the
diff --git a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-info-functions.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-info-functions.asciidoc
index 7197e535e55e3..d1cbf39cdbe3b 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-info-functions.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-info-functions.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-["appendix",role="exclude",id="ml-info-functions"]
+[[ml-info-functions]]
 = Information content functions
 
 The information content functions detect anomalies in the amount of information
diff --git a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-metric-functions.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-metric-functions.asciidoc
index 31ce07b01570f..bbd9dfc8f09d1 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-metric-functions.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-metric-functions.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-["appendix",role="exclude",id="ml-metric-functions"]
+[[ml-metric-functions]]
 = Metric functions
 
 The metric functions include functions such as mean, min and max. These values
diff --git a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-rare-functions.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-rare-functions.asciidoc
index c993800a9f65b..69378d64f525c 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-rare-functions.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-rare-functions.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-["appendix",role="exclude",id="ml-rare-functions"]
+[[ml-rare-functions]]
 = Rare functions
 
 The rare functions detect values that occur rarely in time or rarely for a
diff --git a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-sum-functions.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-sum-functions.asciidoc
index 423a00154fe88..f0b8b838933b5 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-sum-functions.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-sum-functions.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-["appendix",role="exclude",id="ml-sum-functions"]
+[[ml-sum-functions]]
 = Sum functions
 
 The sum functions detect anomalies when the sum of a field in a bucket is
diff --git a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-time-functions.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-time-functions.asciidoc
index 096fd817ccc4c..7e2301dca0a25 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-time-functions.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ml/anomaly-detection/functions/ml-time-functions.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-["appendix",role="exclude",id="ml-time-functions"]
+[[ml-time-functions]]
 = Time functions
 
 The time functions detect events that happen at unusual times, either of the day