diff --git a/templates/docs/attaching_logs.html b/templates/docs/attaching_logs.html
index de84e44a..c7846a0d 100644
--- a/templates/docs/attaching_logs.html
+++ b/templates/docs/attaching_logs.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ the captured output to SITE_NAME:</p>
 <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="ch">#!/bin/sh</span>
 
 <span class="nv">m</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="k">$(</span>/usr/bin/certbot renew <span class="m">2</span>&gt;<span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="m">1</span><span class="k">)</span>
-curl -fsS --retry <span class="m">3</span> -X POST --data-raw <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="nv">$m</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span> PING_URL
+curl -fsS --retry <span class="m">3</span> --data-raw <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="nv">$m</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span> PING_URL
 </code></pre></div>
 
 
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ depending on the exit code:</p>
 <span class="nv">m</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="k">$(</span>/usr/bin/certbot renew <span class="m">2</span>&gt;<span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="m">1</span><span class="k">)</span>
 
 <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">[</span> <span class="nv">$?</span> -ne <span class="m">0</span> <span class="o">]</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">then</span> <span class="nv">url</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nv">$url</span>/fail<span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">fi</span>
-curl -fsS --retry <span class="m">3</span> -X POST --data-raw <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="nv">$m</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span> <span class="nv">$url</span>
+curl -fsS --retry <span class="m">3</span> --data-raw <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="nv">$m</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span> <span class="nv">$url</span>
 </code></pre></div>
 
 
 <h2>All in One Line</h2>
 <p>Finally, all of the above can be packaged in a single line. The one-line
 version can be put directly in crontab, without using a wrapper script.</p>
-<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nv">m</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="k">$(</span>/usr/bin/certbot renew <span class="m">2</span>&gt;<span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="m">1</span><span class="k">)</span><span class="p">;</span> curl -fsS -X POST --data-raw <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="nv">$m</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;PING_URL</span><span class="k">$(</span><span class="o">[</span> <span class="nv">$?</span> -ne <span class="m">0</span> <span class="o">]</span> <span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="nb">echo</span> -n /fail<span class="k">)</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span>
-</code></pre></div>
\ No newline at end of file
+<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="nv">m</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="k">$(</span>/usr/bin/certbot renew <span class="m">2</span>&gt;<span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="m">1</span><span class="k">)</span><span class="p">;</span> curl -fsS --data-raw <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="nv">$m</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;PING_URL</span><span class="k">$(</span><span class="o">[</span> <span class="nv">$?</span> -ne <span class="m">0</span> <span class="o">]</span> <span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="nb">echo</span> -n /fail<span class="k">)</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span>
+</code></pre></div>
diff --git a/templates/docs/attaching_logs.md b/templates/docs/attaching_logs.md
index dd134eae..d006a4ae 100644
--- a/templates/docs/attaching_logs.md
+++ b/templates/docs/attaching_logs.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ the captured output to SITE_NAME:
 #!/bin/sh
 
 m=$(/usr/bin/certbot renew 2>&1)
-curl -fsS --retry 3 -X POST --data-raw "$m" PING_URL
+curl -fsS --retry 3 --data-raw "$m" PING_URL
 ```
 
 ## In Combination with the `/fail` Endpoint
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ url=PING_URL
 m=$(/usr/bin/certbot renew 2>&1)
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then url=$url/fail; fi
-curl -fsS --retry 3 -X POST --data-raw "$m" $url
+curl -fsS --retry 3 --data-raw "$m" $url
 ```
 
 ## All in One Line
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ Finally, all of the above can be packaged in a single line. The one-line
 version can be put directly in crontab, without using a wrapper script.
 
 ```bash
-m=$(/usr/bin/certbot renew 2>&1); curl -fsS -X POST --data-raw "$m" "PING_URL$([ $? -ne 0 ] && echo -n /fail)"
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+m=$(/usr/bin/certbot renew 2>&1); curl -fsS --data-raw "$m" "PING_URL$([ $? -ne 0 ] && echo -n /fail)"
+```
diff --git a/templates/docs/bash.html b/templates/docs/bash.html
index e06607e2..a1e030ad 100644
--- a/templates/docs/bash.html
+++ b/templates/docs/bash.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ will accept and store first 10KB of the request body.</p>
 <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="ch">#!/bin/sh</span>
 
 <span class="nv">m</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="k">$(</span>/usr/bin/certbot renew <span class="m">2</span>&gt;<span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="m">1</span><span class="k">)</span>
-curl -fsS --retry <span class="m">3</span> -X POST --data-raw <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="nv">$m</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span> PING_URL
+curl -fsS --retry <span class="m">3</span> --data-raw <span class="s2">&quot;</span><span class="nv">$m</span><span class="s2">&quot;</span> PING_URL
 </code></pre></div>
 
 
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ register with SITE_NAME the first time they run.</p>
 
 <span class="c1"># Finally, send a ping:</span>
 curl --retry <span class="m">3</span> <span class="nv">$URL</span>
-</code></pre></div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</code></pre></div>
diff --git a/templates/docs/bash.md b/templates/docs/bash.md
index d8ae2be8..40455960 100644
--- a/templates/docs/bash.md
+++ b/templates/docs/bash.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ In the below example, certbot's output is captured and submitted via HTTP POST:
 #!/bin/sh
 
 m=$(/usr/bin/certbot renew 2>&1)
-curl -fsS --retry 3 -X POST --data-raw "$m" PING_URL
+curl -fsS --retry 3 --data-raw "$m" PING_URL
 ```
 
 ## Auto-provisioning New Checks
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ URL=`curl -s SITE_ROOT/api/v1/checks/  -H "X-Api-Key: $API_KEY" -d "$PAYLOAD"  |
 
 # Finally, send a ping:
 curl --retry 3 $URL
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```