diff --git a/docs/reference/aggregations/pipeline/bucket-script-aggregation.asciidoc b/docs/reference/aggregations/pipeline/bucket-script-aggregation.asciidoc
index 6a010650e5c..74dee3f9ca5 100644
--- a/docs/reference/aggregations/pipeline/bucket-script-aggregation.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/aggregations/pipeline/bucket-script-aggregation.asciidoc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ A `bucket_script` aggregation looks like this in isolation:
             "my_var1": "the_sum", <1>
             "my_var2": "the_value_count"
         },
-        "script": "my_var1 / my_var2"
+        "script": "params.my_var1 / params.my_var2"
     }
 }
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