diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc b/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc
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--- a/x-pack/filebeat/docs/inputs/input-httpjson.asciidoc
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@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ HTTP method to use when making requests. `GET` or `POST` are the options. Defaul
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 ==== `request.encode_as`
 
-ContentType used for encoding the request body. If set it will force the encoding in the specified format regardless of the `Content-Type` header value, otherwise it will honor it if possible or fallback to `application/json`. By default the requests are sent with `Content-Type: application/json`. Supported values: `application/json` and `application\x-www-form-urlencoded`. `application/x-www-form-encoded` will url encode the `url.params` and set them as the body. It is not set by default.
+ContentType used for encoding the request body. If set it will force the encoding in the specified format regardless of the `Content-Type` header value, otherwise it will honor it if possible or fallback to `application/json`. By default the requests are sent with `Content-Type: application/json`. Supported values: `application/json` and `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`. `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` will url encode the `url.params` and set them as the body. It is not set by default.
 
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 ==== `request.body`