diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
index 464b0885..3c566071 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-config.adoc
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ spring:
       server:
         git:
           uri: https://github.com/spring-cloud-samples/config-repo
-          searchPaths: {application}
+          searchPaths: '{application}'
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 searches the repository for files in the same name as the directory