diff --git a/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc b/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc
index d10fcbc104857..fcac5f71743fc 100755
--- a/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/getting-started.asciidoc
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ Here is the same exact search above using the alternative request body method:
 
 [source,js]
 --------------------------------------------------
-GET /bank/_search
+POST /bank/_search
 {
   "query": { "match_all": {} },
   "sort": [