diff --git a/docs/reference/search/percolate.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search/percolate.asciidoc
index aedbac1cdde..a34ee69df90 100644
--- a/docs/reference/search/percolate.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/search/percolate.asciidoc
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Match a document to the registered percolator queries:
 
 [source,js]
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-curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/my-index/message/_percolate' -d '{
+curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/my-index/my-type/_percolate' -d '{
     "doc" : {
         "message" : "A new bonsai tree in the office"
     }