diff --git a/docs/clients/promtail/stages/output.md b/docs/clients/promtail/stages/output.md
index 1c6219cd8cff..6cf39560e76a 100644
--- a/docs/clients/promtail/stages/output.md
+++ b/docs/clients/promtail/stages/output.md
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ For the given pipeline:
 ```yaml
 - json:
     expressions:
-      user: log
-      message: stream
+      user: user
+      message: message
 - labels:
     user:
 - output:
-    source: content
+    source: message
 ```
 
 And the given log line: