diff --git a/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc b/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc
index 6cb95f406a8..87324cf881e 100644
--- a/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/docs/update.asciidoc
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ POST test/type1/1/_update
     "doc" : {
         "name" : "new_name"
     },
-    "detect_noop": true
+    "detect_noop": false
 }
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 // CONSOLE