diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/exploits/firewall.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/exploits/firewall.adoc
index a334a409d8d..4ab70e36695 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/exploits/firewall.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/exploits/firewall.adoc
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ XML::
 ----
 <b:bean id="httpFirewall"
       class="org.springframework.security.web.firewall.StrictHttpFirewall"
-      p:allowedHttpMethods="GET,HEAD"/>
+      p:allowedHttpMethods="GET,POST"/>
 
 <http-firewall ref="httpFirewall"/>
 ----