diff --git a/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save.go b/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save.go
index c774e6d89e..cbbed801ec 100644
--- a/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save.go
+++ b/command/snapshot/save/snapshot_save.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type cmd struct {
 func (c *cmd) getAppendFileNameFlag() *flag.FlagSet {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
 	fs.Var(&c.appendFileNameFlag, "append-filename", "Append filename flag supports the following "+
-		"comma-separated arguments. 1. version, 2. dc. 3. node 4. status. It appends these values to the filename provided in the command")
+		"comma-separated arguments. 1. version, 2. dc. It appends these values to the filename provided in the command")
 	return fs
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ func (c *cmd) Run(args []string) int {
 
 	if len(appendFileNameFlags) != 0 && len(c.appendFileNameFlag.String()) > 0 {
 		agentSelfResponse, err := client.Agent().Self()
-		if err != nil {
+		operatorHealthResponse, error := client.Operator().AutopilotServerHealth(nil)
+
+		if err != nil && error != nil {
 			c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error connecting to Consul agent and fetching datacenter/version: %s", err))
 			return 1
 		}
@@ -99,29 +101,6 @@ func (c *cmd) Run(args []string) int {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if slices.Contains(appendFileNameFlags, "node") {
-			if config, ok := agentSelfResponse["Config"]; ok {
-				if nodeName, ok := config["NodeName"]; ok {
-					fileNameWithoutExt = fileNameWithoutExt + "-" + nodeName.(string)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		if slices.Contains(appendFileNameFlags, "status") {
-			if status, ok := agentSelfResponse["Stats"]; ok {
-				if config, ok := status["consul"]; ok {
-					configMap := config.(map[string]interface{})
-					if leader, ok := configMap["leader"]; ok {
-						if leader == "true" {
-							fileNameWithoutExt = fileNameWithoutExt + "-" + "leader"
-						} else {
-							fileNameWithoutExt = fileNameWithoutExt + "-" + "follower"
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 		//adding extension back
 		file = fileNameWithoutExt + fileExt
 	}
diff --git a/website/content/commands/snapshot/save.mdx b/website/content/commands/snapshot/save.mdx
index dfd4d4086d..e8b780c026 100644
--- a/website/content/commands/snapshot/save.mdx
+++ b/website/content/commands/snapshot/save.mdx
@@ -77,20 +77,19 @@ $ consul snapshot save -stale backup.snap
 # ...
 ```
 
-To create snapshot file with consul version, datacenter, node name and leader/follower info,
-run
+This is useful for situations where a cluster is in a degraded state and no
+leader is available. To target a specific server for a snapshot, you can run
+the `consul snapshot save` command on that specific server.
+
+To create snapshot file with consul version and datacenter run
 
 ```shell-session
-$ consul snapshot save -append-filename node,status,version,dc backup.snap
+$ consul snapshot save -append-filename version,dc backup.snap
 #...
 ```
 
-File name created will be like backup-%CONSUL_VERSION%-%DC_NAME%-%NODE_NAME%-%STATUS.snap
+File name created will be like backup-%CONSUL_VERSION%-%DC_NAME%.snap
 example - backup-1.17.0-dc1-local-machine-leader.tgz
 
-This is useful for situations where a cluster is in a degraded state and no
-leader is available. To target a specific server for a snapshot, you can run
-the `consul snapshot save` command on that specific server.
-
 Please see the [HTTP API](/consul/api-docs/snapshot) documentation for
 more details about snapshot internals.