diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/get_commands.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/get_commands.test.ts
index da2b9a29642be..9e2367238da10 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/get_commands.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/get_commands.test.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('getCommands', () => {
 
         // Override the service name from package.json
         // Allowed characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, _, and space
-        serviceName: 'my_node_service',
+        serviceName: '',
 
         // Use if APM Server requires a secret token
         secretToken: '',
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('getCommands', () => {
 
         // Override the service name from package.json
         // Allowed characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, _, and space
-        serviceName: 'my_node_service',
+        serviceName: '',
 
         // Use if APM Server requires a secret token
         secretToken: 'foobar',
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ describe('getCommands', () => {
 
         # Set the service name. Allowed characters: # a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, _, and space.
         # If ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME is not specified, the executable name will be used.
-        export ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME=my_go_service
+        export ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME=
 
         # Set custom APM Server URL (default: http://localhost:8200)
         export ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL=
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ describe('getCommands', () => {
 
         # Set the service name. Allowed characters: # a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, _, and space.
         # If ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME is not specified, the executable name will be used.
-        export ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME=my_go_service
+        export ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME=
 
         # Set custom APM Server URL (default: http://localhost:8200)
         export ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL=localhost:8220
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/go.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/go.ts
index baf8180654f6c..a3900420d6fde 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/go.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/go.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const go = `# ${i18n.translate(
       'If ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME is not specified, the executable name will be used.',
   }
 )}
-export ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME=my_go_service
+export ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME=
 
 # ${i18n.translate(
   'xpack.apm.tutorial.goClient.configure.commands.setCustomApmServerUrlComment',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/node.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/node.ts
index c33ecdfefeabe..31f9fac0ed480 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/node.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/tutorial/config_agent/commands/node.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var apm = require('elastic-apm-node').start({
     defaultMessage: 'Allowed characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -, _, and space',
   }
 )}
-serviceName: 'my_node_service',
+serviceName: '',
 
 // ${i18n.translate(
   'xpack.apm.tutorial.nodeClient.configure.commands.useIfApmRequiresTokenComment',