diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/grafana_datasource.py b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/grafana_datasource.py
index e7aea10a71d..6e1c41d8891 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/grafana_datasource.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/monitoring/grafana_datasource.py
@@ -158,10 +158,9 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   grafana_datasource:
     name: my_elastic
     grafana_url: http://grafana.company.com
-    type: elasticsearch
+    ds_type: elasticsearch
     url: https://elasticsearch.company.com:9200
     database: my-index_*
-    basic_auth: yes
     basic_auth_user: grafana
     basic_auth_password: xxxxxxxx
     json_data: '{"esVersion":5, "timeField": "@timestamp"}'