diff --git a/docs/reference/docs/reindex.asciidoc b/docs/reference/docs/reindex.asciidoc
index 4b062199046fa..c00ee039e75e2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/docs/reindex.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/docs/reindex.asciidoc
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ ignored, only the host and port are used. For example:
 
 [source,yaml]
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-reindex.remote.whitelist: "otherhost:9200, another:9200, 127.0.10.*:9200, localhost:*"
+reindex.remote.whitelist: [otherhost:9200, another:9200, 127.0.10.*:9200, localhost:*"]
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 The list of allowed hosts must be configured on any nodes that will coordinate the reindex.