diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.asciidoc
index 2dcfcde1ca0..cc8ac5068c4 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/query-string-query.asciidoc
@@ -197,7 +197,24 @@ GET /_search
 
 Another option is to provide the wildcard fields search in the query
 string itself (properly escaping the `*` sign), for example:
-`city.\*:something`.
+`city.\*:something`:
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+GET /_search
+{
+    "query": {
+        "query_string" : {
+            "query" : "city.\\*:(this AND that OR thus)",
+            "use_dis_max" : true
+        }
+    }
+}
+--------------------------------------------------
+// CONSOLE
+
+NOTE: Since `\` (backslash) is a special character in json strings, it needs to
+be escaped, hence the two backslashes in the above `query_string`.
 
 When running the `query_string` query against multiple fields, the
 following additional parameters are allowed: