diff --git a/docs/tutorial/4-authentication-and-permissions.md b/docs/tutorial/4-authentication-and-permissions.md
index 887d1e56f..4c8fe8610 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/4-authentication-and-permissions.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/4-authentication-and-permissions.md
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ If we try to create a snippet without authenticating, we'll get an error:
 
 We can make a successful request by including the username and password of one of the users we created earlier.
 
-    http -a tom:password POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/snippets/ code="print 789"
+    http -a tom:password POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/snippets/ code="print 789" owner=1
 
     {
         "id": 5,