diff --git a/docs/reference/search-application/apis/put-search-application.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search-application/apis/put-search-application.asciidoc
index e9d762b05a2b3..d323f2dcd0880 100644
--- a/docs/reference/search-application/apis/put-search-application.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/search-application/apis/put-search-application.asciidoc
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ PUT _application/search_application/my-app?create
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 // TEST[skip:TBD]
 
-The following example creates or updates an existing Search Application called `my_app`:
+The following example creates or updates an existing Search Application called `my-app`:
 
 [source,console]
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