diff --git a/docs/java-api/docs/index_.asciidoc b/docs/java-api/docs/index_.asciidoc
index b455a7ab01f..2ce19cfffa0 100644
--- a/docs/java-api/docs/index_.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/java-api/docs/index_.asciidoc
@@ -99,11 +99,13 @@ Note that you can also add arrays with `startArray(String)` and
 other XContentBuilder objects.
 
 If you need to see the generated JSON content, you can use the
-`string()` method.
+`Strings.toString()` method.
 
 [source,java]
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-String json = builder.string();
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
+
+String json = Strings.toString(builder);
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