diff --git a/docs/en/12-taos-sql/28-recovery.md b/docs/en/12-taos-sql/28-recovery.md
index b4da25ea0c..1c1838f616 100644
--- a/docs/en/12-taos-sql/28-recovery.md
+++ b/docs/en/12-taos-sql/28-recovery.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ You can use the SHOW CONNECTIONS statement to find the conn_id.
 ## Terminate a Query
 
 ```sql
-KILL QUERY kill_id;
+KILL QUERY 'kill_id';
 ```
 
 You can use the SHOW QUERIES statement to find the kill_id.
diff --git a/docs/zh/12-taos-sql/28-recovery.md b/docs/zh/12-taos-sql/28-recovery.md
index b5088e7982..8e327afe0b 100644
--- a/docs/zh/12-taos-sql/28-recovery.md
+++ b/docs/zh/12-taos-sql/28-recovery.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ conn_id 可以通过 `SHOW CONNECTIONS` 获取。
 ## 终止查询
 
 ```sql
-KILL QUERY kill_id;
+KILL QUERY 'kill_id';
 ```
 
 kill_id 可以通过 `SHOW QUERIES` 获取。