diff --git a/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/introduction/Tuning.adoc b/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/introduction/Tuning.adoc
index 9343e3c62d..e683069077 100644
--- a/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/introduction/Tuning.adoc
+++ b/documentation/src/main/asciidoc/introduction/Tuning.adoc
@@ -1029,12 +1029,14 @@ It's even possible to specify an ordering for an indexed column, or that the ind
 [source,java]
 ----
 @Entity
-@Table(indexes=@Index(columnList="lower(title), year desc, publisher_id"))
+@Table(indexes=@Index(columnList="(lower(title)), year desc, publisher_id"))
 class Book { ... }
 ----
 
 This lets us create a customized index for a particular query.
 
+Note that SQL expressions like `lower(title)` must be enclosed in parentheses in the `columnList` of the index definition.
+
 [TIP]
 ====
 It's not clear that information about indexes belongs in annotations of Java code.