diff --git a/components/lib/get-rest-code-samples.ts b/components/lib/get-rest-code-samples.ts
index b4685ff27c..095cbc027d 100644
--- a/components/lib/get-rest-code-samples.ts
+++ b/components/lib/get-rest-code-samples.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function getShellExample(operation: Operation, codeSample: CodeSample) {
 
   const args = [
     operation.verb !== 'get' && `-X ${operation.verb.toUpperCase()}`,
-    `-H "Accept: ${defaultAcceptHeader}" \\ \n  -H "Authorization: <TOKEN>"`,
+    `-H "Accept: ${defaultAcceptHeader}" \\ \n  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>"`,
     `${operation.serverUrl}${requestPath}`,
     requestBodyParams,
   ].filter(Boolean)