diff --git a/docs/reference/esql/esql-async-query-stop-api.asciidoc b/docs/reference/esql/esql-async-query-stop-api.asciidoc
index dba5282d224ed..1eb6711ae5840 100644
--- a/docs/reference/esql/esql-async-query-stop-api.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/esql/esql-async-query-stop-api.asciidoc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ field set to `true`.
 
 [source,console]
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-POST /query/async/FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM=/stop
+POST /_query/async/FkpMRkJGS1gzVDRlM3g4ZzMyRGlLbkEaTXlJZHdNT09TU2VTZVBoNDM3cFZMUToxMDM=/stop
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 // TEST[skip: no access to query ID]