**To update a configuration template** The following command removes the configured CloudWatch custom health metrics configuration ``ConfigDocument`` from a saved configuration template named ``my-template``:: aws elasticbeanstalk update-configuration-template --template-name my-template --application-name my-app --options-to-remove Namespace=aws:elasticbeanstalk:healthreporting:system,OptionName=ConfigDocument Output:: { "ApplicationName": "my-app", "TemplateName": "my-template", "DateCreated": "2015-08-20T22:39:31Z", "DateUpdated": "2015-08-20T22:43:11Z", "SolutionStackName": "64bit Amazon Linux 2015.03 v2.0.0 running Tomcat 8 Java 8" } For more information about namespaces and supported options, see `Option Values`_ in the *AWS Elastic Beanstalk Developer Guide*. .. _`Option Values`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/command-options.html