diff --git a/docs/reference/esql/esql-kibana.asciidoc b/docs/reference/esql/esql-kibana.asciidoc
index f3d78887b14e5..37c7186a618d9 100644
--- a/docs/reference/esql/esql-kibana.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/esql/esql-kibana.asciidoc
@@ -257,5 +257,5 @@ more than 50 columns, Discover only shows the first 50.
 * Querying many many indices at once without any filters can cause an error in
 kibana which looks like `[esql] > Unexpected error from Elasticsearch: The
 content length (536885793) is bigger than the maximum allowed string (536870888)`.
-The response from ESQL is too long. Use `DROP` or `KEEP` to limit the number
+The response from {esql} is too long. Use <<esql-drop>> or <<esql-keep>> to limit the number
 of fields returned.