diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/nested-query.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/nested-query.asciidoc
index 2218ce5524c..6460e027885 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/nested-query.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/queries/nested-query.asciidoc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fields referenced inside the query must use the complete path (fully
 qualified).
 
 The `score_mode` allows to set how inner children matching affects
-scoring of parent. It defaults to `avg`, but can be `total`, `max` and
+scoring of parent. It defaults to `avg`, but can be `sum`, `max` and
 `none`.
 
 Multi level nesting is automatically supported, and detected, resulting