diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/secret/transform.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/secret/transform.mdx
index 53ff80ec5bb1..7be698cc92e8 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/secret/transform.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/secret/transform.mdx
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ configuration endpoints, and will be removed in a future release.
 ```json
 {
   "type": "fpe",
-  "template": "example-template",
+  "template": "builtin/creditcardnumber",
   "tweak_source": "internal",
   "allowed_roles": ["example-role"]
 }
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ transformation exists, it will be updated with the new attributes.
 
 ```json
 {
-  "template": "example-template",
+  "template": "builtin/creditcardnumber",
   "tweak_source": "internal",
   "allowed_roles": ["example-role"]
 }
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ $ curl \
 {
   "data": {
     "allowed_roles": ["example-role"],
-    "templates": ["example-template"],
+    "templates": "[builtin/creditcardnumber]",
     "tweak_source": "internal",
     "type": "fpe"
   }
@@ -455,8 +455,8 @@ template exists, it will be updated with the new attributes.
   request URL.
 
 - `type` `(string: <required>)` -
-  Specifies the type of pattern matching to perform. The ony type currently supported
-  by this backend is `regex`.
+  Specifies the type of pattern matching to perform. The only type currently
+  supported by this backend is `regex`.
 
 - `pattern` `(string: <required>)` -
   Specifies the pattern used to match a particular value. For regex type
@@ -469,12 +469,14 @@ template exists, it will be updated with the new attributes.
   encoding and decoding operations.
 
 -	`encode_format` `(string)` -
-  The regular expression template to use to format encoded values. This is only
-  used during FPE transformations.
+  The regular expression template to use to format encoded values. For example,
+  this can be used to normalize the encoded output. This is only used during FPE
+  transformations.
 
 - `decode_formats` `(key-value-map: {})` -
   An optional map of regular expression templates that can be used to customize
-  decoded output. This is only used during FPE transformations.
+  decoded output. For example, this can be used to decode only the last four
+  digits of a credit card number. This is only used during FPE transformations.
 
 ### Sample Payload
 
@@ -953,7 +955,7 @@ This endpoint encodes the provided value using a named role.
   7-byte value that is then base64 encoded.
 
 - `reference` `(string: "")` -
-  Only valid on batch requests using 'batch_input' below.  A user supplied
+  Only valid on batch requests using 'batch_input' below.  A user-supplied
   string that will be present on the corresponding item in the batch
   response, to assist in correlating inputs with outputs.
 
@@ -1094,7 +1096,7 @@ This endpoint decodes the provided value using a named role.
   source. The tweak must be a 7-byte value that is then base64 encoded.
 
 - `reference` `(string: "")` -
-  Only valid on batch requests using 'batch_input' below.  A user supplied
+  Only valid on batch requests using 'batch_input' below.  A user-supplied
   string that will be present on the corresponding item in the batch
   response, to assist in correlating inputs with outputs.
 
@@ -1242,7 +1244,7 @@ Only valid for tokenization transformations.
   must be specified.
 
 - `reference` `(string: "")` -
-  Only valid on batch requests using 'batch_input' below.  A user supplied
+  Only valid on batch requests using 'batch_input' below.  A user-supplied
   string that will be present on the corresponding item in the batch
   response, to assist in correlating inputs with outputs.
 
@@ -1317,7 +1319,7 @@ transformations.
   must be specified.
 
 - `reference` `(string: "")` -
-  Only valid on batch requests using 'batch_input' below.  A user supplied
+  Only valid on batch requests using 'batch_input' below.  A user-supplied
   string that will be present on the corresponding item in the batch
   response, to assist in correlating inputs with outputs.
 
@@ -1391,7 +1393,7 @@ Only valid for tokenization transformations.
   must be specified.
 
 - `reference` `(string: "")` -
-  Only valid on batch requests using 'batch_input' below.  A user supplied
+  Only valid on batch requests using 'batch_input' below.  A user-supplied
   string that will be present on the corresponding item in the batch
   response, to assist in correlating inputs with outputs.
 
diff --git a/website/content/docs/secrets/transform/index.mdx b/website/content/docs/secrets/transform/index.mdx
index 6c7aa6386e9a..32fe38540c7e 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/secrets/transform/index.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/secrets/transform/index.mdx
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ values.
    A transformation must be provided if the role contains more than one
    transformation. A tweak must be provided if the tweak source for the
    transformation is "supplied" or "generated". A decode format can optionally
-   be provided.
+   be provided, if none is provided, the decoded output will be formatted to
+   match the template's pattern as in the previous example.
 
 ## Roles, Transformations, Templates, and Alphabets