diff --git a/files/en-us/web/api/requestinit/index.md b/files/en-us/web/api/requestinit/index.md
index fb6c8f7142d523f..a1b61feec6e02b8 100644
--- a/files/en-us/web/api/requestinit/index.md
+++ b/files/en-us/web/api/requestinit/index.md
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ async function post() {
 In this case the request will be sent with the following options:
 
 - `method: "POST"`
-- `headers: ["Content-Type": "application/json"]`
+- `headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json"}`
 - `body: '{"username":"example2"}'`
 - `referrer: ""`