diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
index 1d144f7d16..597f9478b9 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
@@ -128,8 +128,13 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 result: None,
             },
             Example {
-                description: "Upload a file to example.com",
-                example: "http post --content-type multipart/form-data https://www.example.com { file: (open -r file.mp3 | into binary) }",
+                description: "Upload a binary file to example.com",
+                example: "http post --content-type multipart/form-data https://www.example.com { file: (open -r file.mp3) }",
+                result: None,
+            },
+            Example {
+                description: "Convert a text file into binary and upload it to example.com",
+                example: "http post --content-type multipart/form-data https://www.example.com { file: (open -r file.txt | into binary) }",
                 result: None,
             },
         ]