diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/match-query.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/match-query.asciidoc
index 7aa41daab981b..6e733571444ff 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/match-query.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/match-query.asciidoc
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ GET /_search
     "query": {
         "match" : {
             "message" : {
-                "query" : "this is a test",
-                "operator" : "and"
+                "query" : "this is a testt",
+                "fuzziness": "AUTO"
             }
         }
     }