diff --git a/x-pack/docs/en/security/securing-communications/configuring-tls-docker.asciidoc b/x-pack/docs/en/security/securing-communications/configuring-tls-docker.asciidoc
index ec00220ab1d75..692d2d2c6b7be 100644
--- a/x-pack/docs/en/security/securing-communications/configuring-tls-docker.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/docs/en/security/securing-communications/configuring-tls-docker.asciidoc
@@ -206,9 +206,6 @@ WARNING: Windows users not running PowerShell will need to remove `\` and join l
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 docker exec es01 /bin/bash -c "bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords \
 auto --batch \
--Expack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certificates/es01/es01.crt \
--Expack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certificates/ca/ca.crt \
--Expack.security.http.ssl.key=certificates/es01/es01.key \
 --url https://localhost:9200"
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