diff --git a/docs/api/saved-objects/import.asciidoc b/docs/api/saved-objects/import.asciidoc
index ed90625e95508..f5bc9d184bea4 100644
--- a/docs/api/saved-objects/import.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/api/saved-objects/import.asciidoc
@@ -35,17 +35,16 @@ The following example imports an index pattern and dashboard.
 
 [source,js]
 --------------------------------------------------
-POST api/saved_objects/_import
-Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=EXAMPLE
---EXAMPLE
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="export.ndjson"
-Content-Type: application/ndjson
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_import" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@file.ndjson
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+The `file.ndjson` file would contain the following.
 
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
 {"type":"index-pattern","id":"my-pattern","attributes":{"title":"my-pattern-*"}}
 {"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","attributes":{"title":"Look at my dashboard"}}
---EXAMPLE--
 --------------------------------------------------
-// KIBANA
 
 A successful call returns a response code of `200` and a response body
 containing a JSON structure similar to the following example:
@@ -62,17 +61,16 @@ The following example imports an index pattern and dashboard but has a conflict
 
 [source,js]
 --------------------------------------------------
-POST api/saved_objects/_import
-Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=EXAMPLE
---EXAMPLE
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="export.ndjson"
-Content-Type: application/ndjson
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_import" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@file.ndjson
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+The `file.ndjson` file would contain the following.
 
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
 {"type":"index-pattern","id":"my-pattern","attributes":{"title":"my-pattern-*"}}
 {"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","attributes":{"title":"Look at my dashboard"}}
---EXAMPLE--
 --------------------------------------------------
-// KIBANA
 
 The call returns a response code of `200` and a response body
 containing a JSON structure similar to the following example:
@@ -99,17 +97,16 @@ The following example imports a visualization and dashboard but the index patter
 
 [source,js]
 --------------------------------------------------
-POST api/saved_objects/_import
-Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=EXAMPLE
---EXAMPLE
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="export.ndjson"
-Content-Type: application/ndjson
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_import" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@file.ndjson
+--------------------------------------------------
 
+The `file.ndjson` file would contain the following.
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
 {"type":"visualization","id":"my-vis","attributes":{"title":"my-vis"},"references":[{"name":"ref_0","type":"index-pattern","id":"my-pattern-*"}]}
 {"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","attributes":{"title":"Look at my dashboard"},"references":[{"name":"ref_0","type":"visualization","id":"my-vis"}]}
---EXAMPLE--
 --------------------------------------------------
-// KIBANA
 
 The call returns a response code of `200` and a response body
 containing a JSON structure similar to the following example:
diff --git a/docs/api/saved-objects/resolve_import_errors.asciidoc b/docs/api/saved-objects/resolve_import_errors.asciidoc
index 6221229c4d559..ab376e97aa25d 100644
--- a/docs/api/saved-objects/resolve_import_errors.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/api/saved-objects/resolve_import_errors.asciidoc
@@ -33,20 +33,15 @@ The following example retries importing a dashboard.
 
 [source,js]
 --------------------------------------------------
-POST api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors
-Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=EXAMPLE
---EXAMPLE
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="export.ndjson"
-Content-Type: application/ndjson
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@file.ndjson --form retries='[{"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard"}]'
+--------------------------------------------------
 
-{"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","attributes":{"title":"Look at my dashboard"}}
---EXAMPLE
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name="retries"
+The `file.ndjson` file would contain the following.
 
-[{"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard"}]
---EXAMPLE--
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+{"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","attributes":{"title":"Look at my dashboard"}}
 --------------------------------------------------
-// KIBANA
 
 A successful call returns a response code of `200` and a response body
 containing a JSON structure similar to the following example:
@@ -63,21 +58,16 @@ The following example resolves errors for a dashboard. This will cause the dashb
 
 [source,js]
 --------------------------------------------------
-POST api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors
-Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=EXAMPLE
---EXAMPLE
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="export.ndjson"
-Content-Type: application/ndjson
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@file.ndjson --form retries='[{"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","overwrite":true}]'
+--------------------------------------------------
 
+The `file.ndjson` file would contain the following.
+
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
 {"type":"index-pattern","id":"my-pattern","attributes":{"title":"my-pattern-*"}}
 {"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","attributes":{"title":"Look at my dashboard"}}
---EXAMPLE
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name="retries"
-
-[{"type":"dashboard","id":"my-dashboard","overwrite":true}]
---EXAMPLE--
 --------------------------------------------------
-// KIBANA
 
 A successful call returns a response code of `200` and a response body
 containing a JSON structure similar to the following example:
@@ -94,20 +84,15 @@ The following example resolves errors for a visualization by replacing the index
 
 [source,js]
 --------------------------------------------------
-POST api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors
-Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=EXAMPLE
---EXAMPLE
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="export.ndjson"
-Content-Type: application/ndjson
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_resolve_import_errors" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@file.ndjson --form retries='[{"type":"visualization","id":"my-vis","replaceReferences":[{"type":"index-pattern","from":"missing","to":"existing"}]}]'
+--------------------------------------------------
 
-{"type":"visualization","id":"my-vis","attributes":{"title":"Look at my visualization"},"references":[{"name":"ref_0","type":"index-pattern","id":"missing"}]}
---EXAMPLE
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name="retries"
+The `file.ndjson` file would contain the following.
 
-[{"type":"visualization","id":"my-vis","replaceReferences":[{"type":"index-pattern","from":"missing","to":"existing"}]}]
---EXAMPLE--
+[source,js]
+--------------------------------------------------
+{"type":"visualization","id":"my-vis","attributes":{"title":"Look at my visualization"},"references":[{"name":"ref_0","type":"index-pattern","id":"missing"}]}
 --------------------------------------------------
-// KIBANA
 
 A successful call returns a response code of `200` and a response body
 containing a JSON structure similar to the following example: