diff --git a/docs/reference/mapping/params/copy-to.asciidoc b/docs/reference/mapping/params/copy-to.asciidoc
index 1254113f5e37a..5bdf39c521301 100644
--- a/docs/reference/mapping/params/copy-to.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/mapping/params/copy-to.asciidoc
@@ -69,30 +69,47 @@ The following configuration will not copy data from `field_1` to `field_3`:
 +
 [source,console]
 ----
+PUT /bad_example_index
 {
-  "field_1": {
-    "type": "text",
-    "copy_to": "field_2"
-  },
-  "field_2": {
-    "type": "text",
-    "copy_to": "field_3"
+  "mappings": {
+    "properties": {
+      "field_1": {
+        "type": "text",
+        "copy_to": "field_2"
+      },
+      "field_2": {
+        "type": "text",
+        "copy_to": "field_3"
+      },
+      "field_3": {
+        "type": "text"
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 ----
-// TEST[skip:]
 Instead, copy to multiple fields from the source field:
 +
 [source,console]
 ----
+PUT /good_example_index
 {
-  "field_1": {
-    "type": "text",
-    "copy_to": [ "field_2", "field_3" ]
+  "mappings": {
+    "properties": {
+      "field_1": {
+        "type": "text",
+        "copy_to": ["field_2", "field_3"]
+      },
+      "field_2": {
+        "type": "text"
+      },
+      "field_3": {
+        "type": "text"
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 ----
-// TEST[skip:]
 
 NOTE: `copy_to` is not supported for field types where values take the form of objects, e.g. `date_range`.