diff --git a/docs/reference/index-modules/store.asciidoc b/docs/reference/index-modules/store.asciidoc
index 7f91139c262..c8c0520124f 100644
--- a/docs/reference/index-modules/store.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/index-modules/store.asciidoc
@@ -72,12 +72,11 @@ It can also be set on a per-index basis at index creation time:
 
 [source,json]
 ---------------------------------
-curl -XPUT localhost:9200/my_index
-{
+curl -XPUT localhost:9200/my_index -d '{
     "settings": {
         "index.store.type": "niofs"
     }
-}
+}';
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 The following sections lists all the different storage types supported.