diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/example_config.yaml b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/example_config.yaml
index 1e10f6b833c74..17e5964eb94c1 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/example_config.yaml
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/example_config.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ receivers:
       nfs:
       paging:
       processes:
-      uptime:
+      system:
 
 exporters:
   debug: