diff --git a/code/products/flink/slack_notification.md b/code/products/flink/slack_notification.md
index c4b29028ab..5393abc50d 100644
--- a/code/products/flink/slack_notification.md
+++ b/code/products/flink/slack_notification.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 INSERT INTO SLACK_SINK
 SELECT
-    '<CHANNEL_ID>', 
+    '$CHANNEL_ID', 
     'host:' || CPU.hostname || 
     ' CPU: ' || cpu || 
     ' avg CPU value:' ||  TRY_CAST(usage_avg as string) || 
diff --git a/code/products/flink/slack_sink.md b/code/products/flink/slack_sink.md
index bb3dc04d7b..ffa0130e71 100644
--- a/code/products/flink/slack_sink.md
+++ b/code/products/flink/slack_sink.md
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ create table SLACK_SINK (
     message STRING
 ) WITH (
     'connector' = 'slack',
-    'token' = '<SLACK_TOKEN>'
+    'token' = '$SLACK_TOKEN'
 )
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