diff --git a/docs/api/saved-objects/create.asciidoc b/docs/api/saved-objects/create.asciidoc
index 2f35740c0f9d..5f83513d58fe 100644
--- a/docs/api/saved-objects/create.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/api/saved-objects/create.asciidoc
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ any data that you send to the API is properly formed.
 
 [source,sh]
 --------------------------------------------------
-$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/index-pattern/my-pattern"
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/index-pattern/my-pattern"  -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '
 {
   "attributes": {
     "title": "my-pattern-*"
   }
-}
+}'
 --------------------------------------------------
 // KIBANA
 
diff --git a/docs/api/saved-objects/export.asciidoc b/docs/api/saved-objects/export.asciidoc
index e8c762b9543a..a992d13ed9b9 100644
--- a/docs/api/saved-objects/export.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/api/saved-objects/export.asciidoc
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ Export all index pattern saved objects:
 
 [source,sh]
 --------------------------------------------------
-$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_export"
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_export" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '
 {
   "type": "index-pattern"
-}
+}'
 --------------------------------------------------
 // KIBANA
 
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ Export all index pattern saved objects and exclude the export summary from the s
 
 [source,sh]
 --------------------------------------------------
-$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_export"
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_export" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '
 {
   "type": "index-pattern",
   "excludeExportDetails": true
-}
+}'
 --------------------------------------------------
 // KIBANA
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Export a specific saved object:
 
 [source,sh]
 --------------------------------------------------
-$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_export"
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_export" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '
 {
   "objects": [
     {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ $ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_export"
       "id": "be3733a0-9efe-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab"
     }
   ]
-}
+}'
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 // KIBANA
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Export a specific saved object and it's related objects :
 
 [source,sh]
 --------------------------------------------------
-$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_export"
+$ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_export" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '
 {
   "objects": [
     {
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ $ curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_export"
     }
   ],
   "includeReferencesDeep": true
-}
+}'
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 // KIBANA