diff --git a/docs/reference/modules/cross-cluster-search.asciidoc b/docs/reference/modules/cross-cluster-search.asciidoc
index f8a34019bfc..d6024a04845 100644
--- a/docs/reference/modules/cross-cluster-search.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/modules/cross-cluster-search.asciidoc
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ separated by a `:` character:
 --------------------------------------------------
 POST /cluster_one:twitter/tweet/_search
 {
+  "query": {
     "match_all": {}
+  }
 }
 --------------------------------------------------
 // CONSOLE
@@ -120,7 +122,9 @@ clusters:
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 POST /cluster_one:twitter,twitter/tweet/_search
 {
+  "query": {
     "match_all": {}
+  }
 }
 --------------------------------------------------
 // CONSOLE