diff --git a/changelog/19170.txt b/changelog/19170.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a421dd18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/19170.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+website/docs: fix database static-user sample payload
+```
diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/secret/databases/index.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/secret/databases/index.mdx
index 915014485..0d80764b7 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/secret/databases/index.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/secret/databases/index.mdx
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ this in order to know the password.
   "db_name": "mysql",
   "username": "static-database-user",
   "rotation_statements": [
-    "ALTER USER \"{{name}}\" WITH PASSWORD '{{password}}';"
+    "ALTER USER \"{{name}}\" IDENTIFIED BY '{{password}}';"
   ],
   "rotation_period": "1h"
 }
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ $ curl \
     "db_name": "mysql",
     "username": "static-user",
     "rotation_statements": [
-      "ALTER USER \"{{name}}\" WITH PASSWORD '{{password}}';"
+      "ALTER USER \"{{name}}\" IDENTIFIED BY '{{password}}';"
     ],
     "rotation_period": "1h"
   }