diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
index bfe452dc..d1bac5dc 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ spring:
         - RewriteResponseHeader=X-Response-Foo, , password=[^&]+, password=***
 ----
 
-For a header value of `/42?user=ford&password=omg!what&flag=true`, it will be set to `/42?user=ford&password=\***&flag=true` before making the downstream request. Please use `$\` to mean `$` because of the YAML spec.
+For a header value of `/42?user=ford&password=omg!what&flag=true`, it will be set to `/42?user=ford&password=\***&flag=true` after making the downstream request. Please use `$\` to mean `$` because of the YAML spec.
 
 === SaveSession GatewayFilter Factory
 The SaveSession GatewayFilter Factory forces a `WebSession::save` operation _before_ forwarding the call downstream. This is of particular use when