diff --git a/html/en/app-search/8.6/web-crawler-api-reference.html b/html/en/app-search/8.6/web-crawler-api-reference.html
index 5a30b8dc190a12..a6e78110090b24 100644
--- a/html/en/app-search/8.6/web-crawler-api-reference.html
+++ b/html/en/app-search/8.6/web-crawler-api-reference.html
@@ -2089,10 +2089,11 @@ <h4 class="title"><a id="_examples_22"></a>Examples<a class="edit_me edit_me_pri
 --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
 --data '{
   "name": "https://www.elastic.co",
-  "auth": "{
+  "auth": {
     "type": "basic",
     "username": "username",
     "password": "password"
+    }
 }'</pre>
 </div>
 <p>A successful response:</p>
diff --git a/html/en/app-search/8.7/web-crawler-api-reference.html b/html/en/app-search/8.7/web-crawler-api-reference.html
index 84e426be456316..e68d3f30beab79 100644
--- a/html/en/app-search/8.7/web-crawler-api-reference.html
+++ b/html/en/app-search/8.7/web-crawler-api-reference.html
@@ -2086,10 +2086,11 @@ <h4 class="title"><a id="_examples_22"></a>Examples<a class="edit_me edit_me_pri
 --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
 --data '{
   "name": "https://www.elastic.co",
-  "auth": "{
+  "auth": {
     "type": "basic",
     "username": "username",
     "password": "password"
+    }
 }'</pre>
 </div>
 <p>A successful response:</p>
diff --git a/html/en/app-search/current/web-crawler-api-reference.html b/html/en/app-search/current/web-crawler-api-reference.html
index 84e426be456316..e68d3f30beab79 100644
--- a/html/en/app-search/current/web-crawler-api-reference.html
+++ b/html/en/app-search/current/web-crawler-api-reference.html
@@ -2086,10 +2086,11 @@ <h4 class="title"><a id="_examples_22"></a>Examples<a class="edit_me edit_me_pri
 --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
 --data '{
   "name": "https://www.elastic.co",
-  "auth": "{
+  "auth": {
     "type": "basic",
     "username": "username",
     "password": "password"
+    }
 }'</pre>
 </div>
 <p>A successful response:</p>
diff --git a/html/en/app-search/master/web-crawler-api-reference.html b/html/en/app-search/master/web-crawler-api-reference.html
index b4024068853e4d..e85aa6c8041540 100644
--- a/html/en/app-search/master/web-crawler-api-reference.html
+++ b/html/en/app-search/master/web-crawler-api-reference.html
@@ -2090,10 +2090,11 @@ <h4 class="title"><a id="_examples_22"></a>Examples<a class="edit_me edit_me_pri
 --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
 --data '{
   "name": "https://www.elastic.co",
-  "auth": "{
+  "auth": {
     "type": "basic",
     "username": "username",
     "password": "password"
+    }
 }'</pre>
 </div>
 <p>A successful response:</p>
diff --git a/raw/en/app-search/8.6/web-crawler-api-reference.html b/raw/en/app-search/8.6/web-crawler-api-reference.html
index d6482e392ee981..7406fc380e934c 100644
--- a/raw/en/app-search/8.6/web-crawler-api-reference.html
+++ b/raw/en/app-search/8.6/web-crawler-api-reference.html
@@ -1993,10 +1993,11 @@ <h4 class="title"><a id="_examples_22"></a>Examples<a class="edit_me edit_me_pri
 --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
 --data '{
   "name": "https://www.elastic.co",
-  "auth": "{
+  "auth": {
     "type": "basic",
     "username": "username",
     "password": "password"
+    }
 }'</pre>
 </div>
 <p>A successful response:</p>
diff --git a/raw/en/app-search/8.7/web-crawler-api-reference.html b/raw/en/app-search/8.7/web-crawler-api-reference.html
index 777484edf854cc..24a48d30afeaa0 100644
--- a/raw/en/app-search/8.7/web-crawler-api-reference.html
+++ b/raw/en/app-search/8.7/web-crawler-api-reference.html
@@ -1990,10 +1990,11 @@ <h4 class="title"><a id="_examples_22"></a>Examples<a class="edit_me edit_me_pri
 --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
 --data '{
   "name": "https://www.elastic.co",
-  "auth": "{
+  "auth": {
     "type": "basic",
     "username": "username",
     "password": "password"
+    }
 }'</pre>
 </div>
 <p>A successful response:</p>
diff --git a/raw/en/app-search/current/web-crawler-api-reference.html b/raw/en/app-search/current/web-crawler-api-reference.html
index 777484edf854cc..24a48d30afeaa0 100644
--- a/raw/en/app-search/current/web-crawler-api-reference.html
+++ b/raw/en/app-search/current/web-crawler-api-reference.html
@@ -1990,10 +1990,11 @@ <h4 class="title"><a id="_examples_22"></a>Examples<a class="edit_me edit_me_pri
 --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
 --data '{
   "name": "https://www.elastic.co",
-  "auth": "{
+  "auth": {
     "type": "basic",
     "username": "username",
     "password": "password"
+    }
 }'</pre>
 </div>
 <p>A successful response:</p>
diff --git a/raw/en/app-search/master/web-crawler-api-reference.html b/raw/en/app-search/master/web-crawler-api-reference.html
index a78702696ea992..fdcd2f7710d288 100644
--- a/raw/en/app-search/master/web-crawler-api-reference.html
+++ b/raw/en/app-search/master/web-crawler-api-reference.html
@@ -1994,10 +1994,11 @@ <h4 class="title"><a id="_examples_22"></a>Examples<a class="edit_me edit_me_pri
 --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
 --data '{
   "name": "https://www.elastic.co",
-  "auth": "{
+  "auth": {
     "type": "basic",
     "username": "username",
     "password": "password"
+    }
 }'</pre>
 </div>
 <p>A successful response:</p>