diff --git a/content/influxdb/cloud/query-data/influxql.md b/content/influxdb/cloud/query-data/influxql.md
index f21c72b04..6f7177c97 100644
--- a/content/influxdb/cloud/query-data/influxql.md
+++ b/content/influxdb/cloud/query-data/influxql.md
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Include the following in your request:
 {{% /note %}}
 
 ```sh
-curl --request GET https://cloud2.influxdata.com/query?db=example-db \
+curl --get https://cloud2.influxdata.com/query?db=example-db \
   --header "Authorization: Token YourAuthToken" \
   --data-urlencode "q=SELECT used_percent FROM example-db.example-rp.example-measurement WHERE host=host1"
 ```
diff --git a/content/influxdb/v2.0/query-data/influxql.md b/content/influxdb/v2.0/query-data/influxql.md
index 8a46917e4..437b0dd5c 100644
--- a/content/influxdb/v2.0/query-data/influxql.md
+++ b/content/influxdb/v2.0/query-data/influxql.md
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Include the following in your request:
 {{% /note %}}
 
 ```sh
-curl --request GET http://localhost:8086/query?db=example-db \
+curl --get http://localhost:8086/query?db=example-db \
   --header "Authorization: Token YourAuthToken" \
   --data-urlencode "q=SELECT used_percent FROM example-db.example-rp.example-measurement WHERE host=host1"
 ```
diff --git a/content/influxdb/v2.0/reference/api/influxdb-1x/query.md b/content/influxdb/v2.0/reference/api/influxdb-1x/query.md
index a292d2985..0aff0d785 100644
--- a/content/influxdb/v2.0/reference/api/influxdb-1x/query.md
+++ b/content/influxdb/v2.0/reference/api/influxdb-1x/query.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ The following precisions are available:
 
 ##### Query using basic authentication
 ```sh
-curl --request GET http://localhost:8086/query \
+curl --get http://localhost:8086/query \
   --user "username:YourAuthToken" \
   --data-urlencode "db=mydb" \
   --data-urlencode "q=SELECT used_percent FROM mem WHERE host=host1"
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ curl --request GET http://localhost:8086/query \
 
 ##### Query a non-default retention policy
 ```sh
-curl --request GET http://localhost:8086/query \
+curl --get http://localhost:8086/query \
   --user "username:YourAuthToken" \
   --data-urlencode "db=mydb" \
   --data-urlencode "rp=customrp" \
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ curl --request GET http://localhost:8086/query \
 
 ##### Execute multiple queries
 ```sh
-curl --request GET http://localhost:8086/query \
+curl --get http://localhost:8086/query \
   --header "Authorization: Token YourAuthToken" \
   --data-urlencode "db=mydb" \
   --data-urlencode "q=SELECT * FROM mem WHERE host=host1;SELECT mean(used_percent) FROM mem WHERE host=host1 GROUP BY time(10m)"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ curl --request GET http://localhost:8086/query \
 
 ##### Return query results with millisecond Unix timestamps
 ```sh
-curl --request GET http://localhost:8086/query \
+curl --get http://localhost:8086/query \
   --header "Authorization: Token YourAuthToken" \
   --data-urlencode "db=mydb" \
   --data-urlencode "rp=myrp" \
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ curl --request GET http://localhost:8086/query \
 
 ##### Use curl to execute InfluxQL queries from a file
 ```sh
-curl --request GET http://localhost:8086/query \
+curl --get http://localhost:8086/query \
   --header "Authorization: Token YourAuthToken" \
   --data-urlencode "db=mydb" \
   --form "q=@path/to/influxql.txt" \