diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/micrometer.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/micrometer.adoc
index ee3eb4039b207..bc86088d5da0e 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/micrometer.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/micrometer.adoc
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ string. For example, setting
 .Exported metrics format
 
 By default, the  metrics are exported using the Prometheus format `application/openmetrics-text`,
-you can revert to the former format by specifying the `Accept` request header to `plain/text` (`curl -H "Accept: plain/text" localhost:8080/q/metrics/`).
+you can revert to the former format by specifying the `Accept` request header to `plain/text` (`curl -H "Accept: text/plain" localhost:8080/q/metrics/`).
 
 == Using MeterFilter to configure metrics
 
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/telemetry-micrometer-tutorial.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/telemetry-micrometer-tutorial.adoc
index 5a2d0068d735f..7f77a0a0ac0f1 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/telemetry-micrometer-tutorial.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/telemetry-micrometer-tutorial.adoc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ NOTE: Metrics appear lazily, you often won't see any data for your endpoint unti
 .Exported metrics format
 
 By default, the  metrics are exported using the Prometheus format `application/openmetrics-text`,
-you can revert to the former format by specifying the `Accept` request header to `plain/text` (`curl -H "Accept: plain/text" localhost:8080/q/metrics/`).
+you can revert to the former format by specifying the `Accept` request header to `plain/text` (`curl -H "Accept: text/plain" localhost:8080/q/metrics/`).
 
 == Inject the MeterRegistry