diff --git a/docs/services/api.md b/docs/services/api.md
index abccbb8..0501f3c 100644
--- a/docs/services/api.md
+++ b/docs/services/api.md
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Admin endpoints are only available to a set of whitelisted users specified in th
     Example:
 
     ```bash
-    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $token" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"accession_ids": ["my-id-01", "my-id-02"], "dataset_id": "my-dataset-01"}' https://HOSTNAME/dataset/create
+    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $token" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"accession_ids": ["my-id-01", "my-id-02"], "dataset_id": "my-dataset-01", "user": "user@example.org"}' https://HOSTNAME/dataset/create
     ```
 
 - `/dataset/release/*dataset`