diff --git a/example/http/client/body/json_client.cpp b/example/http/client/body/json_client.cpp
index 49cc634e..4cae9f85 100644
--- a/example/http/client/body/json_client.cpp
+++ b/example/http/client/body/json_client.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
     // Make the connection on the IP address we get from a lookup
     stream.connect(results);
 
-    // Set up an HTTP GET request message
+    // Set up an HTTP POST request message
     http::request<json_body> req{http::verb::post, target, 11};
     req.set(http::field::host, host);
     req.set(http::field::user_agent, BOOST_BEAST_VERSION_STRING);
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 
 
     return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}