diff --git a/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1038.clarification b/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1038.clarification
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+Fix origin server name in S2S Request Authentication example.
diff --git a/content/server-server-api.md b/content/server-server-api.md
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@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ condition applies throughout the request signing process.
 Step 2 add Authorization header:
 
     GET /target HTTP/1.1
-    Authorization: X-Matrix origin=origin.example.com,key="ed25519:key1",sig="ABCDEF..."
+    Authorization: X-Matrix origin=origin.hs.example.com,key="ed25519:key1",sig="ABCDEF..."
     Content-Type: application/json
 
     <JSON-encoded request body>