diff --git a/docs/api_methods.asciidoc b/docs/api_methods.asciidoc
index c57ad3281..69a969cce 100644
--- a/docs/api_methods.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/api_methods.asciidoc
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ client.count({
 .Get the number of documents matching a query
 [source,js]
 ---------
-client.count(
+client.count({
   index: 'index_name',
-  body: {
+  query: {
     filtered: {
       filter: {
         terms: {