diff --git a/templates/front/docs_api.html b/templates/front/docs_api.html
index f29a987a..439a967d 100644
--- a/templates/front/docs_api.html
+++ b/templates/front/docs_api.html
@@ -336,6 +336,12 @@ To create a "cron" check, specify the "schedule" and "tz" parameters.
 
 {% include "front/snippets/pause_check_request.html" %}
 
+<p>Note: the <code>--data ""</code> argument forces curl to send a
+<code>Content-Length</code> request header even though the request body
+is empty. For HTTP POST requests, the <code>Content-Length</code> header
+is sometimes required by some network proxies and web servers.
+</p>
+
 <h3 class="api-section">Example Response</h3>
 {% include "front/snippets/pause_check_response.html" %}
 
diff --git a/templates/front/snippets/pause_check_request.html b/templates/front/snippets/pause_check_request.html
index 53fff4e7..2b47ea13 100644
--- a/templates/front/snippets/pause_check_request.html
+++ b/templates/front/snippets/pause_check_request.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>curl {{ SITE_ROOT }}/api/v1/checks/0c8983c9-9d73-446f-adb5-0641fdacc9d4/pause <span class="se">\</span>
-    --request POST --header <span class="s2">&quot;X-Api-Key: your-api-key&quot;</span>
+    --request POST --header <span class="s2">&quot;X-Api-Key: your-api-key&quot;</span> --data <span class="s2">&quot;&quot;</span>
 </pre></div>
diff --git a/templates/front/snippets/pause_check_request.txt b/templates/front/snippets/pause_check_request.txt
index 06bcdd9e..c01eaff3 100644
--- a/templates/front/snippets/pause_check_request.txt
+++ b/templates/front/snippets/pause_check_request.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 curl SITE_ROOT/api/v1/checks/0c8983c9-9d73-446f-adb5-0641fdacc9d4/pause \
-    --request POST --header "X-Api-Key: your-api-key"
+    --request POST --header "X-Api-Key: your-api-key" --data ""