diff --git a/config.yaml.example b/config.yaml.example
index beec38030..5adb1b28a 100644
--- a/config.yaml.example
+++ b/config.yaml.example
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ es_port: 9200
 # The index on es_host which is used for metadata storage
 # This can be a unmapped index, but it is recommended that you run
 # elastalert-create-index to set a mapping
-writeback_index: elastalert_status
+writeback_index: elastalert
 
 # If an alert fails for some reason, ElastAlert will retry
 # sending the alert until this time period has elapsed