diff --git a/templates/zerver/api/update-stream.md b/templates/zerver/api/update-stream.md
index 7af2b0355c..2b334233de 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/api/update-stream.md
+++ b/templates/zerver/api/update-stream.md
@@ -20,13 +20,7 @@ including:
 
 {tab|curl}
 
-``` curl
-curl -X PATCH {{ api_url }}/v1/streams/{stream_id} \
-    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
-    -d 'new_name="Manchester United"' \
-    -d 'description="Biggest club in the world"' \
-    -d 'is_private=false'
-```
+{generate_code_example(curl, include=["new_name", "description", "is_private"])|/streams/{stream_id}:patch|example}
 
 {end_tabs}
 
diff --git a/zerver/lib/bugdown/api_code_examples.py b/zerver/lib/bugdown/api_code_examples.py
index df99315cd0..9dfabb8cae 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/bugdown/api_code_examples.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/bugdown/api_code_examples.py
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ cURL example.""".format(endpoint, method, param_name)
         example_value = param.get("example", DEFAULT_EXAMPLE[param["schema"]["type"]])
         if type(example_value) == bool:
             example_value = str(example_value).lower()
+        if param["schema"].get("format", "") == "json":
+            example_value = json.dumps(example_value)
         if curl_argument:
             return "    -d '{}={}'".format(param_name, example_value)
         return example_value
diff --git a/zerver/openapi/test_curl_examples.py b/zerver/openapi/test_curl_examples.py
index f72658ac7b..9c881f9d6d 100644
--- a/zerver/openapi/test_curl_examples.py
+++ b/zerver/openapi/test_curl_examples.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ exclude_list = [
     'add-linkifiers.md',
     'get-events-from-queue.md',
     'delete-queue.md',
+    'update-stream.md',
     # Endpoint can be called only by administrators.
     'create-user.md',
     'remove-linkifiers.md',
diff --git a/zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml b/zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml
index 0901b817a6..9553a934cc 100644
--- a/zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml
+++ b/zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml
@@ -2502,6 +2502,7 @@ paths:
         description: The new description for the stream.
         schema:
           type: string
+          format: json
         example: "This stream is related to football dicsussions."
         required: false
       - name: new_name
@@ -2509,6 +2510,7 @@ paths:
         description: The new name for the stream.
         schema:
           type: string
+          format: json
         example: "Italy"
         required: false
       - name: is_private