diff --git a/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
index 6a36e6adc..cfcd75472 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/values.yaml
@@ -345,88 +345,94 @@ conf:
       # Also remember that all examples have 'disable_action' set to True.  If you
       # want to use this action as a template, be sure to set this to False after
       # copying it.
+      #
+      # NOTE(srwilkers): The list of actions below is kept empty, and should be
+      # driven purely by overrides.  As these items are injected as pure YAML,
+      # the desired configuration should include all fields as to avoid unwanted
+      # merges with a set of dummy default values. The supplied values can be
+      # used as an example
       actions:
-        1:
-          action: delete_indices
-          description: >-
-            "Delete indices older than 7 days"
-          options:
-            timeout_override:
-            continue_if_exception: False
-            ignore_empty_list: True
-            disable_action: True
-          filters:
-          - filtertype: pattern
-            kind: prefix
-            value: logstash-
-          - filtertype: age
-            source: name
-            direction: older
-            timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'
-            unit: days
-            unit_count: 7
-        2:
-          action: delete_indices
-          description: >-
-            "Delete indices by age if available disk space is
-             less than 80% total disk"
-          options:
-            timeout_override: 600
-            continue_if_exception: False
-            ignore_empty_list: True
-            disable_action: True
-          filters:
-          - filtertype: pattern
-            kind: prefix
-            value: logstash-
-          - filtertype: space
-            source: creation_date
-            use_age: True
-            # This space assumes the default PVC size of 5Gi times three data
-            # replicas. This must be adjusted if changed due to Curator being
-            # unable to calculate percentages of total disk space
-            disk_space: 12
-        3:
-          action: snapshot
-          description: >-
-            "Snapshot indices older than one day"
-          options:
-            repository: logstash_snapshots
-            # Leaving this blank results in the default name format
-            name:
-            wait_for_completion: True
-            max_wait: 3600
-            wait_interval: 10
-            timeout_override: 600
-            ignore_empty_list: True
-            continue_if_exception: False
-            disable_action: True
-          filters:
-          - filtertype: age
-            source: name
-            direction: older
-            timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'
-            unit: days
-            unit_count: 1
-        4:
-          action: delete_snapshots
-          description: >-
-            "Delete snapshots older than 30 days"
-          options:
-            repository: logstash_snapshots
-            disable_action: True
-            timeout_override: 600
-            ignore_empty_list: True
-          filters:
-          - filtertype: pattern
-            kind: prefix
-            value: curator-
-            exclude:
-          - filtertype: age
-            source: creation_date
-            direction: older
-            unit: days
-            unit_count: 30
+        # 1:
+        #   action: delete_indices
+        #   description: >-
+        #     "Delete indices older than 7 days"
+        #   options:
+        #     timeout_override:
+        #     continue_if_exception: False
+        #     ignore_empty_list: True
+        #     disable_action: True
+        #   filters:
+        #   - filtertype: pattern
+        #     kind: prefix
+        #     value: logstash-
+        #   - filtertype: age
+        #     source: name
+        #     direction: older
+        #     timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'
+        #     unit: days
+        #     unit_count: 7
+        # 2:
+        #   action: delete_indices
+        #   description: >-
+        #     "Delete indices by age if available disk space is
+        #      less than 80% total disk"
+        #   options:
+        #     timeout_override: 600
+        #     continue_if_exception: False
+        #     ignore_empty_list: True
+        #     disable_action: True
+        #   filters:
+        #   - filtertype: pattern
+        #     kind: prefix
+        #     value: logstash-
+        #   - filtertype: space
+        #     source: creation_date
+        #     use_age: True
+        #     # This space assumes the default PVC size of 5Gi times three data
+        #     # replicas. This must be adjusted if changed due to Curator being
+        #     # unable to calculate percentages of total disk space
+        #     disk_space: 12
+        # 3:
+        #   action: snapshot
+        #   description: >-
+        #     "Snapshot indices older than one day"
+        #   options:
+        #     repository: logstash_snapshots
+        #     # Leaving this blank results in the default name format
+        #     name:
+        #     wait_for_completion: True
+        #     max_wait: 3600
+        #     wait_interval: 10
+        #     timeout_override: 600
+        #     ignore_empty_list: True
+        #     continue_if_exception: False
+        #     disable_action: True
+        #   filters:
+        #   - filtertype: age
+        #     source: name
+        #     direction: older
+        #     timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'
+        #     unit: days
+        #     unit_count: 1
+        # 4:
+        #   action: delete_snapshots
+        #   description: >-
+        #     "Delete snapshots older than 30 days"
+        #   options:
+        #     repository: logstash_snapshots
+        #     disable_action: True
+        #     timeout_override: 600
+        #     ignore_empty_list: True
+        #   filters:
+        #   - filtertype: pattern
+        #     kind: prefix
+        #     value: curator-
+        #     exclude:
+        #   - filtertype: age
+        #     source: creation_date
+        #     direction: older
+        #     unit: days
+        #     unit_count: 30
     config:
       # Remember, leave a key empty if there is no value.  None will be a string,
       # not a Python "NoneType"