diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/kotlin.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/kotlin.adoc
index b3f45b7a7ff5f..c1a83691757e4 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/kotlin.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/kotlin.adoc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ First, we need a new Kotlin project. This can be done using the following comman
 
 [source,shell,subs=attributes+]
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-mvn io.quarkus:quarkus-maven-plugin:${quarkus-version}:create \
+mvn io.quarkus:quarkus-maven-plugin:{quarkus-version}:create \
     -DprojectGroupId=org.acme \
     -DprojectArtifactId=rest-kotlin \
     -DclassName="org.acme.rest.GreetingResource" \