diff --git a/docs/management/connectors/pre-configured-connectors.asciidoc b/docs/management/connectors/pre-configured-connectors.asciidoc
index b7ae9feac2d6f..8f9536331bb1c 100644
--- a/docs/management/connectors/pre-configured-connectors.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/management/connectors/pre-configured-connectors.asciidoc
@@ -513,14 +513,19 @@ xpack.actions.preconfigured:
       jwtKeyId: fedcbazyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba <4>
     secrets:
       clientSecret: secretsecret <5>
-      privateKey: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nprivatekeyhere\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- <6>
+      privateKey: |  <6>
+        -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+        MIIE...
+        KAgD...
+        ... multiple lines of key data ...
+        -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- 
 --
 <1> Specifies whether the connector uses basic or OAuth authentication.
 <2> The user identifier.
 <3> The client identifier assigned to your OAuth application.
 <4> The key identifier assigned to the JWT verifier map of your OAuth application.
 <5> The client secret assigned to your OAuth application.
-<6> The RSA private key. If it has a password, you must also provide `privateKeyPassword`.
+<6> The RSA private key in multiline format. If it has a password, you must also provide `privateKeyPassword`.
 
 [float]
 [[preconfigured-servicenow-configuration]]
@@ -563,14 +568,19 @@ xpack.actions.preconfigured:
       jwtKeyId: fedcbazyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba <4>
     secrets:
       clientSecret: secretsecret <5>
-      privateKey: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nprivatekeyhere\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- <6>
+      privateKey: | <6>
+        -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+        MIIE...
+        KAgD...
+        ... multiple lines of key data ...
+        -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- 
 --
 <1> Specifies whether the connector uses basic or OAuth authentication.
 <2> The user identifier.
 <3> The client identifier assigned to your OAuth application.
 <4> The key ID assigned to the JWT verifier map of your OAuth application.
 <5> The client secret assigned to the OAuth application.
-<6> The RSA private key. If it has a password, you must also provide `privateKeyPassword`.
+<6> The RSA private key in multiline format. If it has a password, you must also provide `privateKeyPassword`.
 
 [float]
 [[preconfigured-servicenow-sir-configuration]]
@@ -613,14 +623,19 @@ xpack.actions.preconfigured:
       jwtKeyId: fedcbazyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba <4>
     secrets:
       clientSecret: secretsecret <5>
-      privateKey: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nprivatekeyhere\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- <6>
+      privateKey: | <6>
+        -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+        MIIE...
+        KAgD...
+        ... multiple lines of key data ...
+        -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- 
 --
 <1> Specifies whether the connector uses basic or OAuth authentication.
 <2> The user identifier.
 <3> The client identifier assigned to the OAuth application.
 <4> The key ID assigned to the JWT verifier map of your OAuth application.
 <5> The client secret assigned to the OAuth application.
-<6> The RSA private key. If it has a password, you must also specify
+<6> The RSA private key in multiline format. If it has a password, you must also specify
 `privateKeyPassword`.
 
 
diff --git a/docs/settings/alert-action-settings.asciidoc b/docs/settings/alert-action-settings.asciidoc
index d41871917c4a1..c688f933b0ff1 100644
--- a/docs/settings/alert-action-settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/settings/alert-action-settings.asciidoc
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ xpack.actions.customHostSettings:
       certificateAuthoritiesFiles: [ 'one.crt' ]
       certificateAuthoritiesData: |
           -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-          ... multiple lines of certificate data here ...
+          MIIDTD...
+          CwUAMD...
+          ... multiple lines of certificate data ...
           -----END CERTIFICATE-----
     smtp:
       requireTLS: true
@@ -125,9 +127,8 @@ A file name or list of file names of PEM-encoded certificate files to use
 to validate the server.
 
 `xpack.actions.customHostSettings[n].ssl.certificateAuthoritiesData` {ess-icon}::
-The contents of a PEM-encoded certificate file, or multiple files appended
-into a single string.  This configuration can be used for environments where
-the files cannot be made available.
+The contents of one or more PEM-encoded certificate files in multiline format.
+This configuration can be used for environments where the files cannot be made available.
 
 [[action-config-email-domain-allowlist]] `xpack.actions.email.domain_allowlist`  {ess-icon}::
 A list of allowed email domains which can be used with the email connector. When this setting is not used, all email domains are allowed. When this setting is used, if any email is attempted to be sent that (a) includes an addressee with an email domain that is not in the allowlist, or (b) includes a from address domain that is not in the allowlist, it will fail with a message indicating the email is not allowed.