diff --git a/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml b/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml
index 95bf8c6e6519..162545b2a1a5 100644
--- a/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml
+++ b/config/opensearch_dashboards.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
 # Setting for an optimized healthcheck that only uses the local OpenSearch node to do Dashboards healthcheck.
 # This settings should be used for large clusters or for clusters with ingest heavy nodes.
 # It allows Dashboards to only healthcheck using the local OpenSearch node rather than fan out requests across all nodes.
-#  
+#
 # It requires the user to create an OpenSearch node attribute with the same name as the value used in the setting
 # This node attribute should assign all nodes of the same cluster an integer value that increments with each new cluster that is spun up
-# e.g. in opensearch.yml file you would set the value to a setting using node.attr.cluster_id: 
+# e.g. in opensearch.yml file you would set the value to a setting using node.attr.cluster_id:
 # Should only be enabled if there is a corresponding node attribute created in your OpenSearch config that matches the value here
 #opensearch.optimizedHealthcheckId: "cluster_id"
 
@@ -85,12 +85,17 @@
 # For reference, the `threshold of memoryCircuitBreaker` = `max-old-space-size of NodeJS` * `opensearch.memoryCircuitBreaker.maxPercentage`
 #opensearch.memoryCircuitBreaker.maxPercentage: 1.0
 
+# DEPRECATED: Use opensearch.requestHeadersAllowlist
 # List of OpenSearch Dashboards client-side headers to send to OpenSearch. To send *no* client-side
 # headers, set this value to [] (an empty list).
 #opensearch.requestHeadersWhitelist: [ authorization ]
 
+# List of OpenSearch Dashboards client-side headers to send to OpenSearch. To send *no* client-side
+# headers, set this value to [] (an empty list).
+#opensearch.requestHeadersAllowlist: [ authorization ]
+
 # Header names and values that are sent to OpenSearch. Any custom headers cannot be overwritten
-# by client-side headers, regardless of the opensearch.requestHeadersWhitelist configuration.
+# by client-side headers, regardless of the opensearch.requestHeadersAllowlist configuration.
 #opensearch.customHeaders: {}
 
 # Time in milliseconds for OpenSearch to wait for responses from shards. Set to 0 to disable.
@@ -126,8 +131,8 @@
 # Set the allowlist to check input graphite Url. Allowlist is the default check list.
 #vis_type_timeline.graphiteAllowedUrls: ['https://www.hostedgraphite.com/UID/ACCESS_KEY/graphite']
 
-# Set the blocklist to check input graphite Url. Blocklist is an IP list. 
-# Below is an example for reference 
+# Set the blocklist to check input graphite Url. Blocklist is an IP list.
+# Below is an example for reference
 # vis_type_timeline.graphiteBlockedIPs: [
 #  //Loopback
 #  '127.0.0.0/8',
@@ -159,22 +164,22 @@
 #vis_type_timeline.graphiteBlockedIPs: []
 
 # opensearchDashboards.branding:
-  # logo:
-    # defaultUrl: ""
-    # darkModeUrl: ""
-  # mark:
-    # defaultUrl: ""
-    # darkModeUrl: ""
-  # loadingLogo: 
-    # defaultUrl: ""
-    # darkModeUrl: ""
-  # faviconUrl: ""
-  # applicationTitle: ""
-
-# Set the value of this setting to true to capture region blocked warnings and errors 
+#   logo:
+#     defaultUrl: ""
+#     darkModeUrl: ""
+#   mark:
+#     defaultUrl: ""
+#     darkModeUrl: ""
+#   loadingLogo:
+#     defaultUrl: ""
+#     darkModeUrl: ""
+#   faviconUrl: ""
+#   applicationTitle: ""
+
+# Set the value of this setting to true to capture region blocked warnings and errors
 # for your map rendering services.
 # map.showRegionBlockedWarning: false
 
 # Set the value of this setting to false to suppress search usage telemetry
 # for reducing the load of OpenSearch cluster.
-# data.search.usageTelemetry.enabled: false
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+# data.search.usageTelemetry.enabled: false