diff --git a/app/plugins/jwt.md b/app/plugins/jwt.md
index 09a34a8c8228..ab5827efafa4 100644
--- a/app/plugins/jwt.md
+++ b/app/plugins/jwt.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ In order to use the plugin, you first need to create a Consumer and associate on
 You need to associate a credential to an existing [Consumer][consumer-object] object. The Consumer is an entity consuming the API. To create a [Consumer][consumer-object] you can execute the following request:
 
 ```bash
-$ curl http://kong:8001/consumers \
+$ curl -X POST http://kong:8001/consumers \
     --data "username=<USERNAME>" \
     --data "custom_id=<CUSTOM_ID>"
 HTTP/1.1 201 Created