diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-elastic.yml b/docker/docker-compose-elastic.yml
index 1f2e92c8..5d233992 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-elastic.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-elastic.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ configs:
           traces_dynamic_index:
             enabled: true
           flush:
-              bytes: 1048576  # apm-server default instead of 5000000
-              interval: 1s  # apm-server default instead of 30s
+            interval: 1s  # improve responsiveness in example apps (default 30s)
       
       service:
         pipelines:
diff --git a/k8s/k8s-manifest-elastic.yml b/k8s/k8s-manifest-elastic.yml
index 6801c361..061e555b 100644
--- a/k8s/k8s-manifest-elastic.yml
+++ b/k8s/k8s-manifest-elastic.yml
@@ -184,8 +184,7 @@ data:
         traces_dynamic_index:
           enabled: true
         flush:
-          bytes: 1048576  # apm-server default instead of 5000000
-          interval: 1s    # apm-server default instead of 30s
+          interval: 1s  # improve responsiveness in example apps (default 30s)
     service:
       pipelines:
         traces: