diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index f732e24f3881..fe7064ed32b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Improve detection of file deletion on Windows. {pull}10747[10747]
 - Fix goroutine leak happening when harvesters are dynamically stopped. {pull}11263[11263]
 - Fix `add_docker_metadata` source matching, using `log.file.path` field now. {pull}11577[11577]
+- Add missing Kubernetes metadata fields to Filebeat CoreDNS module, and fix a documentation error. {pull}11591[11591] 
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/filebeat/docs/modules/coredns.asciidoc b/filebeat/docs/modules/coredns.asciidoc
index ce1c95b27af7..749bbd0a9913 100644
--- a/filebeat/docs/modules/coredns.asciidoc
+++ b/filebeat/docs/modules/coredns.asciidoc
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ This file is generated! See scripts/docs_collector.py
 == Coredns Module
 
 This is a filebeat module for coredns. It supports both standalone coredns deployment and 
-coredns deployment in Kubernetes. Standalone coredns deployment uses the log fileset, while
-Kubernetes coredns deployment uses the kubernetes fileset.
+coredns deployment in Kubernetes. 
 
 [float]
 === Compatibility
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/_meta/docs.asciidoc b/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/_meta/docs.asciidoc
index b980046ff56d..d17d8737e2df 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/_meta/docs.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/_meta/docs.asciidoc
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 == Coredns Module
 
 This is a filebeat module for coredns. It supports both standalone coredns deployment and 
-coredns deployment in Kubernetes. Standalone coredns deployment uses the log fileset, while
-Kubernetes coredns deployment uses the kubernetes fileset.
+coredns deployment in Kubernetes. 
 
 [float]
 === Compatibility
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/log/ingest/pipeline-json.json b/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/log/ingest/pipeline-json.json
index 40364fa0b6dd..5825fb5544bc 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/log/ingest/pipeline-json.json
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/log/ingest/pipeline-json.json
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@
         "ignore_failure" : true
       }
     },
+    {
+      "rename": {
+        "field": "json.kubernetes",
+        "target_field": "kubernetes",
+        "ignore_failure" : true
+      }
+    },
     {
       "remove": {
         "field": ["json", "bufsize"],
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/log/test/coredns-json.log-expected.json b/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/log/test/coredns-json.log-expected.json
index 3764287da3c0..503308defcde 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/log/test/coredns-json.log-expected.json
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/module/coredns/log/test/coredns-json.log-expected.json
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
         "event.module": "coredns",
         "fileset.name": "log",
         "input.type": "log",
+        "kubernetes.container.name": "coredns",
+        "kubernetes.labels.k8s-app": "kube-dns",
+        "kubernetes.labels.pod-template-hash": "86c58d9df4",
+        "kubernetes.namespace": "kube-system",
+        "kubernetes.node.name": "minikube",
+        "kubernetes.pod.name": "coredns-86c58d9df4-jwhsg",
+        "kubernetes.pod.uid": "d57d545e-2a9d-11e9-995f-08002730e0dc",
+        "kubernetes.replicaset.name": "coredns-86c58d9df4",
         "log.level": "INFO",
         "log.offset": 0,
         "message": "2019-02-12T00:27:28.903Z [INFO] 172.17.0.4:36413 - 21583 \"A IN httpbin.org.cluster.local. udp 43 false 512\" NXDOMAIN qr,rd,ra 136 0.000102078s",
@@ -53,6 +61,14 @@
         "event.module": "coredns",
         "fileset.name": "log",
         "input.type": "log",
+        "kubernetes.container.name": "coredns",
+        "kubernetes.labels.k8s-app": "kube-dns",
+        "kubernetes.labels.pod-template-hash": "86c58d9df4",
+        "kubernetes.namespace": "kube-system",
+        "kubernetes.node.name": "minikube",
+        "kubernetes.pod.name": "coredns-86c58d9df4-jwhsg",
+        "kubernetes.pod.uid": "d57d545e-2a9d-11e9-995f-08002730e0dc",
+        "kubernetes.replicaset.name": "coredns-86c58d9df4",
         "log.level": "INFO",
         "log.offset": 550,
         "message": "2019-03-19T02:57:23.213Z [INFO] 172.17.0.9:37723 - 6966 \"A IN httpbin.org. udp 29 false 512\" NOERROR qr,rd,ra 83 0.000082083s\n",
@@ -86,6 +102,14 @@
         "event.module": "coredns",
         "fileset.name": "log",
         "input.type": "log",
+        "kubernetes.container.name": "coredns",
+        "kubernetes.labels.k8s-app": "kube-dns",
+        "kubernetes.labels.pod-template-hash": "86c58d9df4",
+        "kubernetes.namespace": "kube-system",
+        "kubernetes.node.name": "minikube",
+        "kubernetes.pod.name": "coredns-86c58d9df4-jwhsg",
+        "kubernetes.pod.uid": "d57d545e-2a9d-11e9-995f-08002730e0dc",
+        "kubernetes.replicaset.name": "coredns-86c58d9df4",
         "log.level": "INFO",
         "log.offset": 1081,
         "message": "2019-03-11T07:16:34.013Z [INFO] [::1]:37915 - 62762 \"AAAA IN czbaoyu.com. udp 29 false 512\" NOERROR qr,rd,ra 100 0.00006286s\n",