diff --git a/.doc/getting-started.asciidoc b/.doc/getting-started.asciidoc
index b11a1e708b..79430649b2 100644
--- a/.doc/getting-started.asciidoc
+++ b/.doc/getting-started.asciidoc
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ This is how you can create a single match query with the low-level API:
 
 [source,go]
 ----
-query := `{ query: { match_all: {} } }`
+query := `{ "query": { "match_all": {} } }`
 client.Search(
     client.Search.WithIndex("my_index"),
     client.Search.WithBody(strings.NewReader(query)),
@@ -225,4 +225,4 @@ typedClient.Indices.Delete("my_index").Do(context.TODO())
 == Further reading
 
 * Learn more about the <<typedapi>>, a strongly typed Golang API
-for {es}.
\ No newline at end of file
+for {es}.