diff --git a/docs/java-rest/high-level/getting-started.asciidoc b/docs/java-rest/high-level/getting-started.asciidoc
index f7aacc969f6..db4f6dce5ac 100644
--- a/docs/java-rest/high-level/getting-started.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/java-rest/high-level/getting-started.asciidoc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ If you are looking for a SNAPSHOT version, you should add our snapshot repositor
         <name>elasticsearch snapshot repo</name>
         <url>https://snapshots.elastic.co/maven/</url>
     </repository>
-<repositories>
+</repositories>
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 or in Gradle: