diff --git a/docs/data-sources/elasticsearch_indices.md b/docs/data-sources/elasticsearch_indices.md
index 2ede309bd..c5407e3c0 100644
--- a/docs/data-sources/elasticsearch_indices.md
+++ b/docs/data-sources/elasticsearch_indices.md
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ provider "elasticstack" {
   kibana {}
 }
 
-data "elasticstack_elasticsearch_indices" "logs" {
-  search = "log*"
+data "elasticstack_elasticsearch_indices" "security_indices" {
+  target = ".security-*"
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/examples/data-sources/elasticstack_elasticsearch_indices/data-source.tf b/examples/data-sources/elasticstack_elasticsearch_indices/data-source.tf
index eb58a34a8..6298579d2 100644
--- a/examples/data-sources/elasticstack_elasticsearch_indices/data-source.tf
+++ b/examples/data-sources/elasticstack_elasticsearch_indices/data-source.tf
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ provider "elasticstack" {
   kibana {}
 }
 
-data "elasticstack_elasticsearch_indices" "logs" {
-  search = "log*"
+data "elasticstack_elasticsearch_indices" "security_indices" {
+  target = ".security-*"
 }