diff --git a/docs/user/general/identifiers.rst b/docs/user/general/identifiers.rst
index f4d455deb5c..49921d1fd79 100644
--- a/docs/user/general/identifiers.rst
+++ b/docs/user/general/identifiers.rst
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Description
 To query multiple indices, you could
 
 1. Include ``*`` in index name, this is an index pattern for wildcard match.
-2. Delimited multiple indices and seperated them by ``,``. Note: no space allowed between each index.
+2. Delimit multiple indices with ``,`` and enclose the entire comma-separated list in backticks. Note: no space allowed between each index.
 
 
 Examples