diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlightBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlightBuilder.java
index 049de439ac750..9483e76d072a8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlightBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlightBuilder.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public HighlightBuilder tagsSchema(String schemaName) {
 
     /**
      * Set encoder for the highlighting
-     * are {@code styled} and {@code default}.
+     * are {@code html} and {@code default}.
      *
      * @param encoder name
      */