diff --git a/docs/reference/ilm/apis/explain.asciidoc b/docs/reference/ilm/apis/explain.asciidoc
index e63a1db2f5d8..055cda5c941b 100644
--- a/docs/reference/ilm/apis/explain.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/ilm/apis/explain.asciidoc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ GET /_cluster/health?wait_for_status=green&timeout=10s
 
 [source,console]
 --------------------------------------------------
-GET my-index-000001/_ilm/explain
+GET my-index-000001/_ilm/explain?human
 --------------------------------------------------
 // TEST[continued]
 
@@ -111,18 +111,23 @@ that the index is managed and in the `new` phase:
   "indices": {
     "my-index-000001": {
       "index": "my-index-000001",
-      "index_creation_date_millis": 1538475653281,  <1>
-      "time_since_index_creation": "15s",           <2>
-      "managed": true,                              <3>
-      "policy": "my_policy",                        <4>
-      "lifecycle_date_millis": 1538475653281,       <5>
-      "age": "15s",                                 <6>
+      "index_creation_date_millis": 1538475653281,        <1>
+      "index_creation_date": "2018-10-15T13:45:21.981Z",
+      "time_since_index_creation": "15s",                 <2>
+      "managed": true,                                    <3>
+      "policy": "my_policy",                              <4>
+      "lifecycle_date_millis": 1538475653281,             <5>
+      "lifecycle_date": "2018-10-15T13:45:21.981Z",
+      "age": "15s",                                       <6>
       "phase": "new",
-      "phase_time_millis": 1538475653317,           <7>
+      "phase_time_millis": 1538475653317,                 <7>
+      "phase_time": "2018-10-15T13:45:22.577Z",
       "action": "complete"
-      "action_time_millis": 1538475653317,          <8>
+      "action_time_millis": 1538475653317,                <8>
+      "action_time": "2018-10-15T13:45:22.577Z",
       "step": "complete",
-      "step_time_millis": 1538475653317             <9>
+      "step_time_millis": 1538475653317,                  <9>
+      "step_time": "2018-10-15T13:45:22.577Z"
     }
   }
 }