diff --git a/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc b/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc
index 2f40e1cf8beb3..d5c9ca627bc73 100755
--- a/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ GET /bank/_search
 // CONSOLE
 // TEST[continued]
 
-The difference here is that instead of passing `q=*` in the URI, we POST a JSON-style query request body to the `_search` API. We'll discuss this JSON query in the next section.
+The difference here is that instead of passing `q=*` in the URI, we provide a JSON-style query request body to the `_search` API. We'll discuss this JSON query in the next section.
 
 ////
 Hidden response just so we can assert that it is indeed the same but don't have