diff --git a/source/_docs/automation/trigger.markdown b/source/_docs/automation/trigger.markdown
index bedca88e798..517d840273d 100644
--- a/source/_docs/automation/trigger.markdown
+++ b/source/_docs/automation/trigger.markdown
@@ -788,10 +788,10 @@ automation:
       webhook_id: "some_hook_id"
 ```
 
-You can run this automation by sending an HTTP POST request to `http://your-home-assistant:8123/api/webhook/some_hook_id`. Here is an example using the **curl** command line program, with an example data payload:
+You can run this automation by sending an HTTP POST request to `http://your-home-assistant:8123/api/webhook/some_hook_id`. Here is an example using the **curl** command line program, with an example form data payload:
 
 ```shell
-curl -X POST -d '{ "key": "value" }' https://your-home-assistant:8123/api/webhook/some_hook_id
+curl -X POST -d 'key=value&key2=value2' https://your-home-assistant:8123/api/webhook/some_hook_id
 ```
 
 Webhooks support HTTP POST, PUT, and HEAD requests; POST requests are recommended. HTTP GET requests are not supported.
@@ -802,12 +802,12 @@ Note that a given webhook can only be used in one automation at a time. That is,
 
 ### Webhook data
 
-You can send a data payload, either as encoded form data or JSON data. The payload is available in an automation template as either `trigger.json` or `trigger.data`. URL query parameters are available in the template as `trigger.query`.
+Payloads may either be encoded as form data or JSON. Depending on that, its data will be available in an automation template as either `trigger.data` or `trigger.json`. URL query parameters are also available in the template as `trigger.query`.
 
-In order to reference `trigger.json`, the `Content-Type` header must be specified with a value of `application/json`, e.g.:
+Note that to use JSON encoded payloads, the `Content-Type` header must be set to `application/json`, e.g.:
 
 ```bash
-curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://your-home-assistant:8123/api/webhook/some_hook_id
+curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{ "key": "value" }' https://your-home-assistant:8123/api/webhook/some_hook_id
 ```
 
 ### Webhook security