diff --git a/docs/kibana-yml.asciidoc b/docs/kibana-yml.asciidoc
index 080c5f53c1fd..193b00e59f58 100644
--- a/docs/kibana-yml.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/kibana-yml.asciidoc
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ error messages.
 information and all requests.
 `ops.interval`:: *Default: 10000* Set the interval in milliseconds to sample system and process performance metrics. 
 The minimum value is 100.
-`statusPage.allowAnonymous`:: *Default: false* If authentication is enabled, setting this to `true` allows
-unauthenticated users to view the Kibana server status page.
+`status.allowAnonymous`:: *Default: false* If authentication is enabled, setting this to `true` allows
+unauthenticated users to access the Kibana server status API and status page.
diff --git a/src/server/config/schema.js b/src/server/config/schema.js
index 5f33e039976a..3fb32f84c013 100644
--- a/src/server/config/schema.js
+++ b/src/server/config/schema.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ module.exports = () => Joi.object({
     profile: Joi.boolean().default(false)
   }).default(),
 
-  statusPage: Joi.object({
+  status: Joi.object({
     allowAnonymous: Joi.boolean().default(false)
   }).default()
 
diff --git a/src/server/status/index.js b/src/server/status/index.js
index 2794bb600b5f..ba20e019a88b 100644
--- a/src/server/status/index.js
+++ b/src/server/status/index.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module.exports = function (kbnServer, server, config) {
     kbnServer.mixin(require('./metrics'));
   }
 
-  const wrapAuth = wrapAuthConfig(config.get('statusPage.allowAnonymous'));
+  const wrapAuth = wrapAuthConfig(config.get('status.allowAnonymous'));
 
   server.route(wrapAuth({
     method: 'GET',