diff --git a/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/remote.kubernetes.secret.md b/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/remote.kubernetes.secret.md
index d2126d2a46c3..f72eab8fde72 100644
--- a/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/remote.kubernetes.secret.md
+++ b/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/remote.kubernetes.secret.md
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ prometheus.remote_write "default" {
   endpoint {
     url = remote.kubernetes.configmap.endpoint.data["url"]
     basic_auth {
-      username = remote.kubernetes.configmap.endpoint.data["username"]
+      username = nonsensitive(remote.kubernetes.configmap.endpoint.data["username"])
       password = remote.kubernetes.secret.credentials.data["password"]
     }
   }
@@ -164,4 +164,4 @@ prometheus.remote_write "default" {
 ```
 
 This example assumes that the Secret and ConfigMap have already been created, and that the appropriate field names
-exist in their data.
\ No newline at end of file
+exist in their data.