diff --git a/helm/examples/metrics/README.md b/helm/examples/metrics/README.md
index cfed4420588..387a756eea8 100644
--- a/helm/examples/metrics/README.md
+++ b/helm/examples/metrics/README.md
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ Add the following to the environment.xml configuration file (note that some valu
         <metrics name="mymetricsconfig">
             <sinks name="myelasticsink" type="elastic">
                 <settings period="30" ignoreZeroMetrics="1">
-                    <host domain="<domainname>" port="<port>" protocol="http|htps">
+                    <host domain="<domainname>" port="<port>" protocol="http|https">
                         <authentication type="basic" username="<username>" password="<password>"/>
                     </host>
                     <index name="<index>"/> 
diff --git a/helm/examples/metrics/elasticsearch_metrics.yaml b/helm/examples/metrics/elasticsearch_metrics.yaml
index a052ee8d400..88c345978a5 100644
--- a/helm/examples/metrics/elasticsearch_metrics.yaml
+++ b/helm/examples/metrics/elasticsearch_metrics.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 #   settings.host.authentication          - authentication settings if authentication is enabled (optional)
 #   settings.host.authentication.type     - authentication type (determines remaining settings) (only 'basic' is supported)
 #   settings.host.authentication.username - username for basic authentication (if not stored in a secret)
-#   settings.host.authentication.password - password for basic authentication (if not stored in a secret)
+#   settings.host.authentication.password - encrypted password for basic authentication (if not stored in a secret)
 #   settings.host.authentication.credentialsSecret  - name of secret containing username and password for basic authentication
-#   settings.host.authentication.credentialsVaultId - vault id for secret containing username password for basic authentication
+#   settings.host.authentication.credentialsVaultId - optional vault id for secret containing username password for basic authentication
 #   settings.index                        - ElasticSearch index settings
 #   settings.index.name                   - index name
 #