diff --git a/docs/reference/search/request/preference.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search/request/preference.asciidoc
index 0d07f29475e..3d6c6b40cb9 100644
--- a/docs/reference/search/request/preference.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/search/request/preference.asciidoc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for the user:
 
 [source,js]
 ------------------------------------------------
-curl localhost:9200/_search?preference=xyzabc123 -d '
+GET /_search?preference=xyzabc123
 {
     "query": {
         "match": {
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ curl localhost:9200/_search?preference=xyzabc123 -d '
         }
     }
 }
-'
 ------------------------------------------------
-
+// CONSOLE