diff --git a/docs/advanced-topics/stack-monitoring.asciidoc b/docs/advanced-topics/stack-monitoring.asciidoc
index 08bf0b3992..953002383a 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-topics/stack-monitoring.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/advanced-topics/stack-monitoring.asciidoc
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ The referenced Secret must contain the following connection information:
 - `url`: the URL to reach the Elasticsearch cluster
 - `username`: the username of the user to be authenticated to the Elasticsearch cluster
 - `password`: the password of the user to be authenticated to the Elasticsearch cluster
-- `ca.crt`: the CA certificate in PEM format to secure communication to the Elasticsearch cluster (optional)
+- `ca.crt`: the contents of the CA certificate in PEM format to secure communication to the Elasticsearch cluster (optional)
 
 [source,yaml,subs="attributes,callouts"]
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