diff --git a/docs/java-api/query-dsl/has-child-query.asciidoc b/docs/java-api/query-dsl/has-child-query.asciidoc
index 300b32e1922b0..f47f3af487dfe 100644
--- a/docs/java-api/query-dsl/has-child-query.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/java-api/query-dsl/has-child-query.asciidoc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ When using the `has_child` query it is important to use the `PreBuiltTransportCl
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 Settings settings = Settings.builder().put("cluster.name", "elasticsearch").build();
 TransportClient client = new PreBuiltTransportClient(settings);
-client.addTransportAddress(new InetSocketTransportAddress(new InetSocketAddress(InetAddresses.forString("127.0.0.1"), 9300)));
+client.addTransportAddress(new TransportAddress(new InetSocketAddress(InetAddresses.forString("127.0.0.1"), 9300)));
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 Otherwise the parent-join module doesn't get loaded and the `has_child` query can't be used from the transport client.