Adding note about accept header for JSON requests

stormpath · Oct 14, 2015 · 08fc34c · 08fc34c
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@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ If the user is created successfully you will get a 200 response and the body
 will the the account object that was created.  If there was an error you
 will get an object that looks like ``{ error: 'error message here'}``
 
+.. note::
+
+  You may have to explicitly tell your client library that you want a JSON
+  response from the server.Not all libraries do this automatically.If the
+  library does not set the ``Accept: application/json`` header on the request,
+  you'll get back the HTML registration form - not the JSON response that you
+  expect.
 
 .. _Stormpath Admin Console: https://api.stormpath.com
 .. _Account Password Strength Policy: https://docs.stormpath.com/rest/product-guide/#account-password-strength-policy