diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java
index 315def65e87..e684dd6aa19 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 * with the static builder methods on {@code RequestEntity}, for instance:
 	 * <pre class="code">
 	 * MyRequest body = ...
-	 * RequestEntity request = RequestEntity.post(new URI(&quot;http://example.com/foo&quot;).accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).body(body);
+	 * RequestEntity request = RequestEntity.post(new URI(&quot;http://example.com/foo&quot;)).accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).body(body);
 	 * ResponseEntity&lt;MyResponse&gt; response = template.exchange(request, MyResponse.class);
 	 * </pre>
 	 * @param requestEntity the entity to write to the request
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 * {@link ParameterizedTypeReference} is used to pass generic type information:
 	 * <pre class="code">
 	 * MyRequest body = ...
-	 * RequestEntity request = RequestEntity.post(new URI(&quot;http://example.com/foo&quot;).accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).body(body);
+	 * RequestEntity request = RequestEntity.post(new URI(&quot;http://example.com/foo&quot;)).accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).body(body);
 	 * ParameterizedTypeReference&lt;List&lt;MyResponse&gt;&gt; myBean = new ParameterizedTypeReference&lt;List&lt;MyResponse&gt;&gt;() {};
 	 * ResponseEntity&lt;List&lt;MyResponse&gt;&gt; response = template.exchange(request, myBean);
 	 * </pre>