diff --git a/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc b/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc
index 68a21ff4e141d..6019340e21ee1 100644
--- a/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Updates a document using the specified script.
 [[docs-update-api-request]]
 ==== {api-request-title}
 
-`POST /<index/_update/<_id>`
+`POST /<index>/_update/<_id>`
 
 [[update-api-desc]]
 ==== {api-description-title}
@@ -344,4 +344,4 @@ POST test/_update/1
 }
 --------------------------------------------------
 // CONSOLE
-// TEST[continued]
\ No newline at end of file
+// TEST[continued]