diff --git a/examples/network/http_client.py b/examples/network/http_client.py
index df66ace2a5..b245a721ac 100644
--- a/examples/network/http_client.py
+++ b/examples/network/http_client.py
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ def main(use_stream=False):
         # MicroPython socket objects support stream (aka file) interface
         # directly, but the line below is needed for CPython.
         s = s.makefile("rwb", 0)
-        s.write(b"GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n")
+        s.write(b"GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n")
         print(s.readall())
     else:
-        s.send(b"GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n")
+        s.send(b"GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n")
         print(s.recv(4096))
 
     s.close()
diff --git a/examples/network/http_client_ssl.py b/examples/network/http_client_ssl.py
index 46e039830f..83f685fdf3 100644
--- a/examples/network/http_client_ssl.py
+++ b/examples/network/http_client_ssl.py
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ def main(use_stream=True):
     if use_stream:
         # Both CPython and MicroPython SSLSocket objects support read() and
         # write() methods.
-        s.write(b"GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n")
+        s.write(b"GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n")
         print(s.read(4096))
     else:
         # MicroPython SSLSocket objects implement only stream interface, not
         # socket interface
-        s.send(b"GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n")
+        s.send(b"GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n")
         print(s.recv(4096))
 
     s.close()