diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
index 43d0b75a618..24475dfaeb1 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
@@ -3108,7 +3108,7 @@ A curl example using an ``ID``
   export ID=24
 
   curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" -X POST \
-    -F 'jsonData={"description":"My description bbb.","provFreeform":"Test prov freeform","dataFileTags":["Survey"],"restrict":false}' \
+    -F 'jsonData={"description":"My description bbb.","provFreeform":"Test prov freeform","categories":["Data"],"dataFileTags":["Survey"],"restrict":false}' \
     "$SERVER_URL/api/files/$ID/metadata"
 
 The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
@@ -3116,7 +3116,7 @@ The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this
 .. code-block:: bash
 
   curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" -X POST \
-    -F 'jsonData={"description":"My description bbb.","provFreeform":"Test prov freeform","dataFileTags":["Survey"],"restrict":false}' \
+    -F 'jsonData={"description":"My description bbb.","provFreeform":"Test prov freeform","categories":["Data"],"dataFileTags":["Survey"],"restrict":false}' \
     "http://demo.dataverse.org/api/files/24/metadata"
 
 A curl example using a ``PERSISTENT_ID``
@@ -3128,7 +3128,7 @@ A curl example using a ``PERSISTENT_ID``
   export PERSISTENT_ID=doi:10.5072/FK2/AAA000
 
   curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" -X POST \
-    -F 'jsonData={"description":"My description bbb.","provFreeform":"Test prov freeform","dataFileTags":["Survey"],"restrict":false}' \
+    -F 'jsonData={"description":"My description bbb.","provFreeform":"Test prov freeform","categories":["Data"],"dataFileTags":["Survey"],"restrict":false}' \
     "$SERVER_URL/api/files/:persistentId/metadata?persistentId=$PERSISTENT_ID"
 
 The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
@@ -3136,7 +3136,7 @@ The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this
 .. code-block:: bash
 
   curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" -X POST \
-    -F 'jsonData={"description":"My description bbb.","provFreeform":"Test prov freeform","dataFileTags":["Survey"],"restrict":false}' \
+    -F 'jsonData={"description":"My description bbb.","provFreeform":"Test prov freeform","categories":["Data"],"dataFileTags":["Survey"],"restrict":false}' \
     "https://demo.dataverse.org/api/files/:persistentId/metadata?persistentId=doi:10.5072/FK2/AAA000"
 
 Note: To update the 'tabularTags' property of file metadata, use the 'dataFileTags' key when making API requests. This property is used to update the 'tabularTags' of the file metadata.