diff --git a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
index 257c816d3aa..8ce77c8b9f2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ that point to a missing or closed index.
 end::allow-no-indices[]
 
 tag::analyzer[]
-analyzer`::
+`analyzer`::
 (Optional, string) Analyzer to use for the query string.
 end::analyzer[]