diff --git a/docs/reference/index-modules/merge.asciidoc b/docs/reference/index-modules/merge.asciidoc
index 55c348d82f1..81316fac535 100644
--- a/docs/reference/index-modules/merge.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/index-modules/merge.asciidoc
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ scheduler supports this setting:
 `index.merge.scheduler.max_thread_count`::
 
 The maximum number of threads that may be merging at once. Defaults to
-`Math.max(1, Math.min(3, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2))`,
+`Math.max(1, Math.min(3, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2))`
 which works well for a good solid-state-disk (SSD).  If your index is on
 spinning platter drives instead, decrease this to 1.