diff --git a/spec/examples/syslog.rb b/spec/examples/syslog.rb
index 748096a6261..f1b5fce4f12 100644
--- a/spec/examples/syslog.rb
+++ b/spec/examples/syslog.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
           singles => true
           pattern => [ "<%{POSINT:syslog_pri}>%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:syslog_timestamp} %{SYSLOGHOST:syslog_hostname} %{PROG:syslog_program}(?:\[%{POSINT:syslog_pid}\])?: %{GREEDYDATA:syslog_message}" ]
           add_field => [ "received_at", "%{@timestamp}" ]
-          add_field => [ "received_from", "%{@source_host}" ]
+          add_field => [ "received_from", "%{source_host}" ]
       }
       syslog_pri {
           type => "syslog"
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
       mutate {
           type => "syslog"
           exclude_tags => "_grokparsefailure"
-          replace => [ "@source_host", "%{syslog_hostname}" ]
-          replace => [ "@message", "%{syslog_message}" ]
+          replace => [ "source_host", "%{syslog_hostname}" ]
+          replace => [ "message", "%{syslog_message}" ]
       }
       mutate {
           type => "syslog"
@@ -32,18 +32,16 @@
     }
   CONFIG
 
-  sample("@message" => "<164>Oct 26 15:19:25 1.2.3.4 %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src DRAC:10.1.2.3/43434 dst outside:192.168.0.1/53 by access-group \"acl_drac\" [0x0, 0x0]", "@type" => "syslog") do
+  sample("message" => "<164>Oct 26 15:19:25 1.2.3.4 %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src DRAC:10.1.2.3/43434 dst outside:192.168.0.1/53 by access-group \"acl_drac\" [0x0, 0x0]", "type" => "syslog") do
     insist { subject.type } == "syslog"
-    reject { subject.tags }.include?("_grokparsefailure")
+    insist { subject.tags }.nil?
     insist { subject["syslog_pri"] } == "164"
-    #insist { subject.timestamp } == "2012-10-26T15:19:25.000Z"
-    puts subject.to_hash
   end
 
   # Single digit day
-  sample("@message" => "<164>Oct  6 15:19:25 1.2.3.4 %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src DRAC:10.1.2.3/43434 dst outside:192.168.0.1/53 by access-group \"acl_drac\" [0x0, 0x0]", "@type" => "syslog") do
+  sample("message" => "<164>Oct  6 15:19:25 1.2.3.4 %ASA-4-106023: Deny udp src DRAC:10.1.2.3/43434 dst outside:192.168.0.1/53 by access-group \"acl_drac\" [0x0, 0x0]", "type" => "syslog") do
     insist { subject.type } == "syslog"
-    reject { subject.tags }.include?("_grokparsefailure")
+    insist { subject.tags }.nil?
     insist { subject["syslog_pri"] } == "164"
     #insist { subject.timestamp } == "2012-10-26T15:19:25.000Z"
     puts subject.to_hash