diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractDslSnippet.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractDslSnippet.java
index f9fee052f8..345e4cae3a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractDslSnippet.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractDslSnippet.java
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ public class ContractDslSnippet extends TemplatedSnippet {
 		filterHeaders(headers);
 		model.put("response_headers_present", !headers.isEmpty());
 		model.put("response_headers", headers.entrySet());
-		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") Set<String> jsonPaths = (Set<String>) operation.getAttributes()
-				.get("contract.jsonPaths");
-		model.put("response_json_paths_present", jsonPaths != null && !jsonPaths.isEmpty());
-		model.put("response_json_paths", jsonPaths(jsonPaths));
 	}
 
 	private Set<JsonPaths> jsonPaths(Set<String> jsonPaths) {
@@ -104,6 +100,10 @@ public class ContractDslSnippet extends TemplatedSnippet {
 		filterHeaders(headers);
 		model.put("request_headers_present", !headers.isEmpty());
 		model.put("request_headers", headers.entrySet());
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") Set<String> jsonPaths = (Set<String>) operation.getAttributes()
+				.get("contract.jsonPaths");
+		model.put("request_json_paths_present", jsonPaths != null && !jsonPaths.isEmpty());
+		model.put("request_json_paths", jsonPaths(jsonPaths));
 	}
 
 	private void filterHeaders(Map<String, String> headers) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/resources/org/springframework/restdocs/templates/default-dsl-contract-only.snippet b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/resources/org/springframework/restdocs/templates/default-dsl-contract-only.snippet
index 4180c7e4cf..14c4bdeacb 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/resources/org/springframework/restdocs/templates/default-dsl-contract-only.snippet
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/resources/org/springframework/restdocs/templates/default-dsl-contract-only.snippet
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ Contract.make {
             {{/request_headers}}
         }
         {{/request_headers_present}}
+        {{#request_json_paths_present}}
+            stubMatchers {
+            {{#request_json_paths}}
+                jsonPath('''{{jsonPath}}''', byEquality())
+            {{/request_json_paths}}
+            }
+        {{/request_json_paths_present}}
     }
     response {
         status {{response_status}}
@@ -31,12 +38,5 @@ Contract.make {
         {{/response_headers}}
         }
     {{/response_headers_present}}
-    {{#response_json_paths_present}}
-        testMatchers {
-        {{#response_json_paths}}
-            jsonPath('''{{jsonPath}}''', byType())
-        {{/response_json_paths}}
-        }
-    {{/response_json_paths_present}}
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractDslSnippetTests.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractDslSnippetTests.java
index 5e7d598665..e79284651e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractDslSnippetTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/restdocs/ContractDslSnippetTests.java
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ public class ContractDslSnippetTests {
 		then(parsedContract.getRequest().getUrl().getClientValue()).isNotNull();
 		then(parsedContract.getRequest().getUrl().getClientValue().toString()).startsWith("/");
 		then(parsedContract.getRequest().getBody().getClientValue()).isNotNull();
+		then(parsedContract.getRequest().getMatchers().hasMatchers()).isTrue();
 		then(parsedContract.getResponse().getStatus().getClientValue()).isNotNull();
 		then(parsedContract.getResponse().getHeaders().getEntries()).isNotEmpty();
 		then(parsedContract.getResponse().getBody().getClientValue()).isNotNull();
-		then(parsedContract.getResponse().getMatchers().hasMatchers()).isTrue();
 	}
 
 	@Test