diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 6c9a3c4513af..9ae435f92fa0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.0.0-alpha1...master[Check the HEAD d
 *Affecting all Beats*
 
 - Fix importing the dashboards when the limit for max open files is too low. {issue}4244[4244]
+- Fix configuration documentation for kubernetes processor {pull}4313[4313]
 
 *Filebeat*
 
diff --git a/libbeat/docs/processors-using.asciidoc b/libbeat/docs/processors-using.asciidoc
index 99b802c294a3..cad242790b2d 100644
--- a/libbeat/docs/processors-using.asciidoc
+++ b/libbeat/docs/processors-using.asciidoc
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ processors:
 - kubernetes:
     in_cluster: false
     host: <hostname>
-    kube_config: ~/.kube/config
+    kube_config: ${HOME}/.kube/config
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 The configuration below has the default indexers and matchers disabled and enables ones that