diff --git a/docs/reference/search/search-your-data/search-template.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search/search-your-data/search-template.asciidoc
index 9fb6ee85ffcca..7a7f09f4a37a7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/search/search-your-data/search-template.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/search/search-your-data/search-template.asciidoc
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ PUT _scripts/my-search-template
     "lang": "mustache",
     "source": {
       "query":{
-        "multi-match":{
+        "multi_match":{
           "query": "{{query_string}}",
           "fields": """[{{#text_fields}}{{user_name}},{{/text_fields}}]"""
         }
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ When rendered, template outputs:
 {
   "template_output": {
     "query": {
-      "multi-match": {
+      "multi_match": {
         "query": "My string",
         "fields": "[John,kimchy,]"
       }
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ PUT _scripts/my-search-template
     "lang": "mustache",
     "source": {
       "query":{
-        "multi-match":{
+        "multi_match":{
           "query": "{{query_string}}",
           "fields": """[{{#text_fields}}{{user_name}}{{^last}},{{/last}}{{/text_fields}}]"""
         }
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ When rendered the template outputs:
 {
   "template_output": {
     "query": {
-      "multi-match": {
+      "multi_match": {
         "query": "My string",
         "fields": "[John,kimchy]"
       }