diff --git a/docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json b/docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json
index 79b2974b..957f8bf7 100644
--- a/docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json
+++ b/docs/openapiv2/apidocs.swagger.json
@@ -1707,7 +1707,8 @@
         "HIGHER_CONSISTENCY"
       ],
       "default": "UNSPECIFIED",
-      "description": "Controls the consistency preferences when calling the query APIs.\n\n - UNSPECIFIED: Default if not set. Behavior will be the same as MINIMIZE_LATENCY.\n - MINIMIZE_LATENCY: Minimize latency at the potential expense of lower consistency.\n - HIGHER_CONSISTENCY: Prefer higher consistency, at the potential expense of increased latency."
+      "description": "Controls the consistency preferences when calling the query APIs.\n\n - UNSPECIFIED: Default if not set. Behavior will be the same as MINIMIZE_LATENCY.\n - MINIMIZE_LATENCY: Minimize latency at the potential expense of lower consistency.\n - HIGHER_CONSISTENCY: Prefer higher consistency, at the potential expense of increased latency.",
+      "example": "MINIMIZE_LATENCY"
     },
     "ContextualTupleKeys": {
       "type": "object",
diff --git a/scripts/update_swagger.sh b/scripts/update_swagger.sh
index a260440d..800d032b 100755
--- a/scripts/update_swagger.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_swagger.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ cat ${filename} | \
     'del(.paths[][]."responses"|select(has("400"))."default" ) | del(.paths[][]."responses"|select(has("201"))."200") | del(.paths[][]."responses"|select(has("204"))."200")' > ${tmp_filename}
 mv ${tmp_filename} ${filename}
 
+# Add an example value to the ConsistencyPreference to override the default of UNSPECIFIED being shown in the docs
+cat ${filename} | \
+  jq \
+    '.definitions.ConsistencyPreference.example = "MINIMIZE_LATENCY"' > ${tmp_filename}
+mv ${tmp_filename} ${filename}
+
 # Finally, for 204, there should be no schema
 cat ${filename} | \
   jq \