diff --git a/docs/root/configuration/http/http_filters/wasm_filter.rst b/docs/root/configuration/http/http_filters/wasm_filter.rst
index ac3b6d2eb132..8b10dbaf7acd 100644
--- a/docs/root/configuration/http/http_filters/wasm_filter.rst
+++ b/docs/root/configuration/http/http_filters/wasm_filter.rst
@@ -21,20 +21,11 @@ Example configuration
 
 Example filter configuration:
 
-.. code-block:: yaml
-
-  name: envoy.filters.http.wasm
-  typed_config:
-    "@type": type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.wasm.v3.Wasm
-    config:
-      config:
-        name: "my_plugin"
-        vm_config:
-          runtime: "envoy.wasm.runtime.v8"
-          code:
-            local:
-              filename: "/etc/envoy_filter_http_wasm_example.wasm"
-          allow_precompiled: true
-
+.. literalinclude:: ../../../start/sandboxes/_include/wasm-cc/envoy.yaml
+    :language: yaml
+    :lines: 24-49
+    :emphasize-lines: 4-21
+    :linenos:
+    :caption: :download:`wasm envoy.yaml <../../../start/sandboxes/_include/wasm-cc/envoy.yaml>`
 
 The preceding snippet configures a filter from a Wasm binary on local disk.
diff --git a/examples/wasm-cc/envoy.yaml b/examples/wasm-cc/envoy.yaml
index a6697ae1c8dd..1d04c7a26f62 100644
--- a/examples/wasm-cc/envoy.yaml
+++ b/examples/wasm-cc/envoy.yaml
@@ -22,28 +22,29 @@ static_resources:
                   prefix: "/"
                 route:
                   cluster: web_service
+
           http_filters:
           - name: envoy.filters.http.wasm
             typed_config:
-              "@type": type.googleapis.com/udpa.type.v1.TypedStruct
-              type_url: type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.wasm.v3.Wasm
-              value:
-                config:
-                  name: "my_plugin"
-                  root_id: "my_root_id"
-                  configuration:
-                    "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.StringValue"
-                    value: |
-                      {}
-                  vm_config:
-                    runtime: "envoy.wasm.runtime.v8"
-                    vm_id: "my_vm_id"
-                    code:
-                      local:
-                        filename: "lib/envoy_filter_http_wasm_example.wasm"
-                    configuration: {}
+              "@type": type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.wasm.v3.Wasm
+              config:
+                name: "my_plugin"
+                root_id: "my_root_id"
+                # if your wasm filter requires custom configuration you can add
+                # as follows
+                configuration:
+                  "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.StringValue"
+                  value: |
+                    {}
+                vm_config:
+                  runtime: "envoy.wasm.runtime.v8"
+                  vm_id: "my_vm_id"
+                  code:
+                    local:
+                      filename: "lib/envoy_filter_http_wasm_example.wasm"
           - name: envoy.filters.http.router
             typed_config: {}
+
   clusters:
   - name: web_service
     connect_timeout: 0.25s