diff --git a/docs/reference/mapping/params/boost.asciidoc b/docs/reference/mapping/params/boost.asciidoc
index ad0f3441a417e..29b56e4692c38 100644
--- a/docs/reference/mapping/params/boost.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/mapping/params/boost.asciidoc
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [[mapping-boost]]
 === `boost`
 
-Individual fields can be _boosted_ automatically at index time (to count more towards the relevance score), with the `boost` parameter as follows:
+Individual fields can be _boosted_ automatically -- count more towards the relevance score
+-- at query time, with the `boost` parameter as follows:
 
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