diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/multi-match-query.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/multi-match-query.asciidoc
index 104ea47935c..4124f82b560 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/multi-match-query.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/multi-match-query.asciidoc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Individual fields can be boosted with the caret (`^`) notation:
   }
 }
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-<1> The `subject` field is three times as important than the `message` field.
+<1> The `subject` field is three times as important as the `message` field.
 
 [float]
 === `use_dis_max`