diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/http-reference.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/http-reference.adoc
index dbab826dc68cb..ddcb5da59e615 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/http-reference.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/http-reference.adoc
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ quarkus.http.ssl.certificate.key-store-file=/path/to/keystore
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 As an optional hint, the type of keystore can be provided as one of the options listed.
-If the type is not provided, Quarkus will try to deduce it from the file extensions, defaulting to type JKS.
+If the type is not provided, Quarkus will try to deduce it from the file extensions.
 
 [source,properties]
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