diff --git a/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/_snippets/check-es-running.md b/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/_snippets/check-es-running.md
index 173b76884e..777d6d1653 100644
--- a/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/_snippets/check-es-running.md
+++ b/deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/_snippets/check-es-running.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 You can test that your {{es}} node is running by sending an HTTPS request to port `9200` on `localhost`:
 
 ```sh subs=true
-curl --cacert {{es-conf}}{{slash}}certs{{slash}}http_ca.crt {{escape}} <1>
+curl --cacert {{es-conf}}{{slash}}certs{{slash}}http_ca.crt <1>
 -u elastic:$ELASTIC_PASSWORD https://localhost:9200 <2>
 ```
 1. `--cacert`: Path to the generated `http_ca.crt` certificate for the HTTP layer.
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ The call returns a response like this:
   },
   "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
 }
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```