diff --git a/docs/reference/setup/install/deb.asciidoc b/docs/reference/setup/install/deb.asciidoc
index b09b9c4b29c97..ea187c33632c1 100644
--- a/docs/reference/setup/install/deb.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/setup/install/deb.asciidoc
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ifeval::["{release-state}"=="released"]
 
 ["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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-echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/{major-version}/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list
+echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/{major-version}/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list
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 endif::[]
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ifeval::["{release-state}"=="prerelease"]
 
 ["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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-echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/{major-version}-prerelease/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list
+echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/{major-version}-prerelease/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list
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 endif::[]
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ ifeval::["{release-state}"=="prerelease"]
 
 ["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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-echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/oss-{major-version}-prerelease/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list
+echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/oss-{major-version}-prerelease/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list
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 endif::[]
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ ifeval::["{release-state}"!="prerelease"]
 
 ["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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-echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/oss-{major-version}/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list
+echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/oss-{major-version}/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-{major-version}.list
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 endif::[]