diff --git a/docs/learn/examples/email.html b/docs/learn/examples/email.html
index 97a4e81c7..09fd1c2ed 100644
--- a/docs/learn/examples/email.html
+++ b/docs/learn/examples/email.html
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@
     To      => 'friend@example.com',
     Subject => 'Happy birthday!',
   ],
-  body_str => 'Happy birthday to you!',
+  attributes => {
+    encoding => 'quoted-printable',
+    charset  => 'ISO-8859-1',
+  },
+  body_str => "Happy birthday to you!\n",
 );
 
 # send the message
 use Email::Sender::Simple qw(sendmail);
 sendmail($message);
-[%- END %]
\ No newline at end of file
+[%- END %]