diff --git a/etc/policy/octavia-policy-generator.conf b/etc/policy/octavia-policy-generator.conf
index 6835a3c9ce..5bb27c1f96 100644
--- a/etc/policy/octavia-policy-generator.conf
+++ b/etc/policy/octavia-policy-generator.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [DEFAULT]
-output_file = etc/policy.yaml.sample
+format = json
+output_file = etc/octavia/policy.json.sample
 namespace = octavia
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 62c0fa1838..90ff744396 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ whitelist_externals = mkdir
 commands =
          mkdir -p etc/octavia
          oslopolicy-sample-generator \
-         --config-file etc/policy/octavia-policy-generator.conf \
-         --output-file etc/octavia/json.policy.sample
+         --config-file etc/policy/octavia-policy-generator.conf
 
 [testenv:specs]
 basepython = python3