diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc
index ad1d9458b..129b47dd3 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ class MyFallbackProvider implements ZuulFallbackProvider {
             @Override
             public HttpHeaders getHeaders() {
                 HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
-                headers.setContentType(MediaType.TEXT_HTML);
+                headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
                 return headers;
             }
         };