diff --git a/http/client.md b/http/client.md
index 60ab12ba..1a09c96d 100644
--- a/http/client.md
+++ b/http/client.md
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ In addition to `GET` requests, Vapor's client provides support for most common H
 
 ### POST as json
 ```swift
-let jsonBytes = myJSON.makeBytes()
-try drop.client.post("http://some-endpoint/json", headers: ["Auth": "Token my-auth-token"], body: .data(jsonBytes))
+try drop.client.post("http://some-endpoint/json", headers: ["Content-Type": "application/json"], body: myJSON.makeBody())
 ```
 
 ### POST as x-www-form-urlencoded