diff --git a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solrcloud-autoscaling-policy-preferences.adoc b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solrcloud-autoscaling-policy-preferences.adoc
index 9eef44729af..b2a0c0831e1 100644
--- a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solrcloud-autoscaling-policy-preferences.adoc
+++ b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/solrcloud-autoscaling-policy-preferences.adoc
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ For the above rules to work, all nodes must the started with a system property c
 For <<each-function,each>> shard of each collection, distribute replicas equally across the `east` and `west` zones.
 
 [source,json]
-{"replica": "#EQUAL", "shard": "#EACH", "nodeset":{"sysprop.zone": ["east", "west"]}}
+{"replica": "#EQUAL", "shard": "#EACH", "nodeset":[{"sysprop.zone": "east"},{"sysprop.zone":  "west"}]}}
 
 
 ==== Place Replicas Based on Node Role