diff --git a/docs/reference/cluster/stats.asciidoc b/docs/reference/cluster/stats.asciidoc
index 43c3f7a452d..81ddf74da71 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cluster/stats.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/cluster/stats.asciidoc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ versions, memory usage, cpu and installed plugins).
 
 [source,js]
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-curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/stats?human'
+curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/stats?human&pretty'
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 Will return, for example: