diff --git a/docs/reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/object.md b/docs/reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/object.md
index f989c834869fe..a44d77becd290 100644
--- a/docs/reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/object.md
+++ b/docs/reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/object.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ JSON documents are hierarchical in nature: the document may contain inner object
 
 ```console
 PUT my-index-000001/_doc/1
-{ <1>
+{ // <1>
   "region": "US",
   "manager": { <2>
     "age":     30,