diff --git a/docs/reference/search/request/highlighting.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search/request/highlighting.asciidoc
index 13e544463038e..09afa35815a27 100644
--- a/docs/reference/search/request/highlighting.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/search/request/highlighting.asciidoc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ GET /_search
     },
     "highlight" : {
         "fields" : {
-            "comment" : {}
+            "content" : {}
         }
     }
 }