diff --git a/docs/use-cases/observability/clickstack/example-datasets/sample-data.md b/docs/use-cases/observability/clickstack/example-datasets/sample-data.md
index e9add75accf..4bf5d8dfeec 100644
--- a/docs/use-cases/observability/clickstack/example-datasets/sample-data.md
+++ b/docs/use-cases/observability/clickstack/example-datasets/sample-data.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ for filename in $(tar -tf sample.tar.gz); do
   endpoint="http://localhost:4318/v1/${filename%.json}"
   echo "loading ${filename%.json}"
   tar -xOf sample.tar.gz "$filename" | while read -r line; do
-    echo "$line" | curl -s -o /dev/null -X POST "$endpoint" \
+    printf '%s\n' "$line" | curl -s -o /dev/null -X POST "$endpoint" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "authorization: ${CLICKSTACK_API_KEY}" \
     --data-binary @-