diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.asciidoc
index 40b0978cc1977..0c17a9e7b0424 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.asciidoc
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ GET /_search
 
 The example above creates a boolean query:
 
-`(ny OR (new AND york)) city)`
+`(ny OR (new AND york)) city`
 
 that matches documents with the term `ny` or the conjunction `new AND york`.
 By default the parameter `auto_generate_synonyms_phrase_query` is set to `true`.