diff --git a/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc b/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
index b03695bdfec..3e6341823de 100644
--- a/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
+++ b/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
@@ -6512,7 +6512,7 @@ Pid
 
 
 [float]
-== node_stats fields
+== node.stats fields
 
 node_stats metrics.
 
@@ -6526,7 +6526,7 @@ Events stats
 
 
 [float]
-=== `logstash.node_stats.events.in`
+=== `logstash.node.stats.events.in`
 
 type: long
 
@@ -6534,7 +6534,7 @@ Incoming events counter.
 
 
 [float]
-=== `logstash.node_stats.events.out`
+=== `logstash.node.stats.events.out`
 
 type: long
 
@@ -6542,7 +6542,7 @@ Outgoing events counter.
 
 
 [float]
-=== `logstash.node_stats.events.filtered`
+=== `logstash.node.stats.events.filtered`
 
 type: long
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/logstash/node_stats/_meta/fields.yml b/metricbeat/module/logstash/node_stats/_meta/fields.yml
index d65c8d42298..144a26184ad 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/logstash/node_stats/_meta/fields.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/logstash/node_stats/_meta/fields.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- name: node_stats
+- name: node.stats
   type: group
   description: >
     node_stats metrics.