diff --git a/docs/sp-add-ins/working-with-lists-and-list-items-with-rest.md b/docs/sp-add-ins/working-with-lists-and-list-items-with-rest.md
index a0bc66e06f..3eec01ea4e 100644
--- a/docs/sp-add-ins/working-with-lists-and-list-items-with-rest.md
+++ b/docs/sp-add-ins/working-with-lists-and-list-items-with-rest.md
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ The following example shows how to update a list item.
 POST https://{site_url}/_api/web/lists/GetByTitle('Test')/items({item_id})
 Authorization: "Bearer " + accessToken
 Accept: "application/json;odata=verbose"
-Content-Type: "application/json"
+Content-Type: "application/json;odata=verbose"
 Content-Length: {length of request body as integer}
 If-Match: "{etag or *}"
 X-HTTP-Method: "MERGE"