diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml
index 74bb65b5a1b..f035b349140 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/fluentd-es-configmap.yaml
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ data:
       @id elasticsearch
       @type elasticsearch
       @log_level info
-      type_name fluentd
+      type_name _doc
       include_tag_key true
       host elasticsearch-logging
       port 9200