diff --git a/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/automating-your-project/using-the-api-to-manage-projects.md b/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/automating-your-project/using-the-api-to-manage-projects.md
index 5f0436ff5f0c..5e9fa6ecc470 100644
--- a/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/automating-your-project/using-the-api-to-manage-projects.md
+++ b/content/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/automating-your-project/using-the-api-to-manage-projects.md
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ The following example will add a draft issue to your project. Replace `PROJECT_I
 curl --request POST \
   --url https://api.github.com/graphql \
   --header 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN' \
-  --data '{"query":"mutation {addProjectV2DraftIssue(input: {projectId: "PROJECT_ID" title: "TITLE" body: "BODY"}) {projectItem {id}}}"}'
+  --data '{"query":"mutation {addProjectV2DraftIssue(input: {projectId: \"PROJECT_ID\" title: \"TITLE\" body: \"BODY\"}) {projectItem {id}}}"}'
 ```
 {% endcurl %}