diff --git a/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc b/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc
index 473287dbc61..b020338803c 100755
--- a/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ In SQL, the above aggregation is similar in concept to:
 
 [source,sh]
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-SELECT COUNT(*) from bank GROUP BY state ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC
+SELECT state, COUNT(*) FROM bank GROUP BY state ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC
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 And the response (partially shown):