diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
index 4a1653b9a9c..dfb1226f107 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
@@ -1754,11 +1754,39 @@ Redetect File Type
 
 Dataverse uses a variety of methods for determining file types (MIME types or content types) and these methods (listed below) are updated periodically. If you have files that have an unknown file type, you can have Dataverse attempt to redetect the file type.
 
-When using the curl command below, you can pass ``dryRun=true`` if you don't want any changes to be saved to the database. Change this to ``dryRun=false`` (or omit it) to save the change. In the example below, the file is identified by database id "42".
+When using the curl command below, you can pass ``dryRun=true`` if you don't want any changes to be saved to the database. Change this to ``dryRun=false`` (or omit it) to save the change.
 
-``export FILE_ID=42``
+A curl example using an ``id``
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  export API_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+  export SERVER_URL=https://demo.dataverse.org
+  export ID=24
+
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" -X POST "$SERVER_URL/api/files/$ID/redetect?dryRun=true"
+
+The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" -X POST "https://demo.dataverse.org/api/files/24/redetect?dryRun=true"
+
+A curl example using a ``pid``
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  export API_TOKEN=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+  export SERVER_URL=https://demo.dataverse.org
+  export PERSISTENT_ID=doi:10.5072/FK2/AAA000
+
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" -X POST "$SERVER_URL/api/files/:persistentId/redetect?persistentId=$PERSISTENT_ID&dryRun=true"
+
+The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
 
-``curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN" -X POST $SERVER_URL/api/files/$FILE_ID/redetect?dryRun=true``
+  curl -H "X-Dataverse-key:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" -X POST "https://demo.dataverse.org/api/files/:persistentId/redetect?persistentId=doi:10.5072/FK2/AAA000&dryRun=true"
 
 Currently the following methods are used to detect file types: