diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 842c7633..7e91ccbf 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ RestClient::Response r = conn->head("/get")
 RestClient::Response r = conn->del("/delete")
 
 // set different content header for POST and PUT
-conn->AppendHeader("Content-Type", "text/json")
+conn->AppendHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
 RestClient::Response r = conn->post("/post", "{\"foo\": \"bla\"}")
-RestClient::Response r = conn->put("/put", "text/json", "{\"foo\": \"bla\"}")
+RestClient::Response r = conn->put("/put", "application/json", "{\"foo\": \"bla\"}")
 
 // deinit RestClient. After calling this you have to call RestClient::init()
 // again before you can use it