diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
index bb156cbf2af..84c593fd97f 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
@@ -252,8 +252,18 @@ List all the role assignments at the given dataverse::
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
+  export API_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+  export SERVER_URL=https://demo.dataverse.org
+  export id=root
+
   curl -H X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN $SERVER/api/dataverses/$id/assignments
-  
+
+The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  curl -H X-Dataverse-key:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx https://demo.dataverse.org/api/dataverses/root/assignments
+
 Assign Default Role to User Creating a Dataset in a Dataverse
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~