diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/query-string-syntax.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/query-string-syntax.asciidoc
index 2caa9afbfd6..2ad638e7d5e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/query-string-syntax.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/query-string-syntax.asciidoc
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Curly and square brackets can be combined:
 
 * Numbers from 1 up to but not including 5
 
-    count:[1..5}
+    count:[1 TO 5}
 
 
 Ranges with one side unbounded can use the following syntax: