diff --git a/watcher/docs/reference/input/http.asciidoc b/watcher/docs/reference/input/http.asciidoc
index dd562612fb6..aa46d859c01 100644
--- a/watcher/docs/reference/input/http.asciidoc
+++ b/watcher/docs/reference/input/http.asciidoc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ You can use the full Elasticsearch {ref}/query-dsl.html[Query DSL] to perform mo
       "host" : "host.domain",
       "port" : 9200,
       "path" : "/idx/_search",
-      "body" :  "\"query\" :  {  \"match\" : { \"category\" : \"event\"}"           
+      "body" :  "{\"query\" :  {  \"match\" : { \"category\" : \"event\"}}}"        
     }
   }
 }
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ within the last five minutes.
       "host" : "host.domain",
       "port" : 9200,
       "path" : "/{{ctx.watch_id}}/_search",
-      "body" : "\"query\" : {\"range\": {\"@timestamp\" : {\"from\": \"{{ctx.trigger.triggered_time}}||-5m\",\"to\": \"{{ctx.trigger.triggered_time}}\"}}}"
+      "body" : "{\"query\" : {\"range\": {\"@timestamp\" : {\"from\": \"{{ctx.trigger.triggered_time}}||-5m\",\"to\": \"{{ctx.trigger.triggered_time}}\"}}}}"
       }
     }
   }