diff --git a/docs/en/ingest-management/elastic-agent/configuration/autodiscovery/kubernetes-hints-autodiscover.asciidoc b/docs/en/ingest-management/elastic-agent/configuration/autodiscovery/kubernetes-hints-autodiscover.asciidoc
index 5567fc7a9..b8f26030c 100644
--- a/docs/en/ingest-management/elastic-agent/configuration/autodiscovery/kubernetes-hints-autodiscover.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/en/ingest-management/elastic-agent/configuration/autodiscovery/kubernetes-hints-autodiscover.asciidoc
@@ -175,37 +175,25 @@ providers:
     hints.enabled: true
 ----
 
-Then ensure that the proper volumes and volumeMounts are specified by uncommenting the appropriate sections in the {agent} manifest:
-
-[source,yaml]
-----
-volumeMounts:
-- name: external-inputs
-  mountPath: /etc/elastic-agent/inputs.d
-...
-volumes:
-- name: external-inputs
-  emptyDir: {}
-...
-----
-
-An init container is also required to download the hints templates.
-The init container is already defined, so uncomment the respective section:
+Then ensure that an init container is specified by uncommenting the respective sections in the {agent} manifest.
+An init container is required to download the hints templates.
 
 ["source", "yaml", subs="attributes"]
 ----
 initContainers:
 - name: k8s-templates-downloader
-  image: busybox:1.28
-  command: ['sh']
+  image: docker.elastic.co/beats/elastic-agent:{branch}
+  command: ['bash']
   args:
     - -c
     - >-
-      mkdir -p /etc/elastic-agent/inputs.d &&
-      wget -O - https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/archive/{branch}.tar.gz | tar xz -C /etc/elastic-agent/inputs.d --strip=5 "elastic-agent-{branch}/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/templates.d"
+      mkdir -p /usr/share/elastic-agent/state/inputs.d &&
+      curl -sL https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent/archive/{branch}.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/share/elastic-agent/state/inputs.d --strip=5 "elastic-agent-{branch}/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/templates.d"
+  securityContext:
+    runAsUser: 0
   volumeMounts:
-    - name: external-inputs
-      mountPath: /etc/elastic-agent/inputs.d
+    - name: elastic-agent-state
+      mountPath: /usr/share/elastic-agent/state
 ----