diff --git a/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/input/chain.asciidoc b/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/input/chain.asciidoc
index 9952773e7227a..9898880a9a760 100644
--- a/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/input/chain.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/docs/en/watcher/input/chain.asciidoc
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ still be available in its original form in `ctx.payload.first`.
       {
         "second" : {
           "transform" : {
-            "script" : "return [ 'path' : 'ctx.payload.first.path' + '/' ]"
+            "script" : "return [ 'path' : ctx.payload.first.path + '/' ]"
           }
         }
       },