diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
index 9c0d9c346d3..07550fb98ed 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
@@ -631,13 +631,13 @@ Example: Getting the dataset whose DOI is *10.5072/FK2/J8SJZB*:
   export SERVER_URL=https://demo.dataverse.org
   export PERSISTENT_IDENTIFIER=doi:10.5072/FK2/J8SJZB
 
-  curl $SERVER_URL/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=$PERSISTENT_IDENTIFIER
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" $SERVER_URL/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=$PERSISTENT_IDENTIFIER
 
 The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-  curl https://demo.dataverse.org/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi:10.5072/FK2/J8SJZB
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" https://demo.dataverse.org/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi:10.5072/FK2/J8SJZB
 
 Getting its draft version:
 
@@ -646,13 +646,13 @@ Getting its draft version:
   export SERVER_URL=https://demo.dataverse.org
   export PERSISTENT_IDENTIFIER=doi:10.5072/FK2/J8SJZB
 
-  curl http://$SERVER/api/datasets/:persistentId/versions/:draft?persistentId=$PERSISTENT_IDENTIFIER
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" http://$SERVER/api/datasets/:persistentId/versions/:draft?persistentId=$PERSISTENT_IDENTIFIER
 
 The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-  curl https://demo.dataverse.org/api/datasets/:persistentId/versions/:draft?persistentId=doi:10.5072/FK2/J8SJZB
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" https://demo.dataverse.org/api/datasets/:persistentId/versions/:draft?persistentId=doi:10.5072/FK2/J8SJZB
 
 
 |CORS| Show the dataset whose id is passed: