diff --git a/docs/reference/sql/endpoints/jdbc.asciidoc b/docs/reference/sql/endpoints/jdbc.asciidoc
index 7151f94608a90..17c93a8951758 100644
--- a/docs/reference/sql/endpoints/jdbc.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/sql/endpoints/jdbc.asciidoc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Once registered, the driver understands the following syntax as an URL:
 
 ["source","text",subs="attributes"]
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-jdbc:es://<1>[http|https]?<2>[host[:port]]*<3>/[prefix]*<4>[?[option=value]&<5>]*
+jdbc:es://<1>[[http|https]://]*<2>[host[:port]]*<3>/[prefix]*<4>[?[option=value]&<5>]*
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 <1> `jdbc:es://` prefix. Mandatory.