diff --git a/docs/reference/search/request/scroll.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search/request/scroll.asciidoc
index bb743b01d2648..020f53dc27bda 100644
--- a/docs/reference/search/request/scroll.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/search/request/scroll.asciidoc
@@ -55,16 +55,15 @@ results.
 
 [source,js]
 --------------------------------------------------
-curl -XGET <1> 'localhost:9200/_search/scroll?scroll=1m' <2> <3> \
-     -d       'c2Nhbjs2OzM0NDg1ODpzRlBLc0FXNlNyNm5JWUc1' <4>
+curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/_search/scroll?scroll=1m' \ <1>
+     -d    'c2Nhbjs2OzM0NDg1ODpzRlBLc0FXNlNyNm5JWUc1'  <2>
 --------------------------------------------------
-<1> `GET` or `POST` can be used.
-<2> The URL should not include the `index` or `type` name -- these
-    are specified in the original `search` request instead.
-<3> The `scroll` parameter tells Elasticsearch to keep the search context open
+<1> `GET` or `POST` can be used and the URL should not include the `index`
+    or `type` name -- this is specified in the original `search` request instead.
+    The `scroll` parameter tells Elasticsearch to keep the search context open
     for another `1m`.
-<4> The returned `_scroll_id` attribute can be passed in the request body or in the
-    query string as `?scroll_id=....`
+<2> The returned `_scroll_id` attribute can be passed in the request body or in
+    the query string as `?scroll_id=....`
 
 Each call to the `scroll` API returns the next batch of results until there
 are no more results left to return, ie the `hits` array is empty.