diff --git a/docs/reference/query-dsl/filters/missing-filter.asciidoc b/docs/reference/query-dsl/filters/missing-filter.asciidoc
index 9374524b8229b..ab5c67e48a5a7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/query-dsl/filters/missing-filter.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/query-dsl/filters/missing-filter.asciidoc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [[query-dsl-missing-filter]]
 === Missing Filter
 
-Returns documents that have no non-`null` values in the original field:
+Returns documents that have `null` values in the original field:
 
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