diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.md b/CHANGELOG.next.md
index 2dcd2edb7a..0d654c6fca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Thanks, you're awesome :-) -->
 
 #### Deprecated
 
+* Remove guidance to lowercase `http.request.method` #840
 
 ### Tooling and Artifact Changes
 
diff --git a/schemas/http.yml b/schemas/http.yml
index bdc4afe9e8..564775b066 100644
--- a/schemas/http.yml
+++ b/schemas/http.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@
       short: HTTP request method.
       description: >
         HTTP request method.
-
-        The field value must be normalized to lowercase for querying. See
-        the documentation section "Implementing ECS".
-      example: get, post, put
+      example: get, POST, Put
 
     - name: request.body.content
       level: extended