diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/cli/CurlRequestSnippet.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/cli/CurlRequestSnippet.java
index b7e1387cb..408378bc3 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/cli/CurlRequestSnippet.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/cli/CurlRequestSnippet.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.operation.Operation;
 import org.springframework.restdocs.operation.OperationRequest;
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ private String getUrl(Operation operation) {
 
 	private String getOptions(Operation operation) {
 		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-		writeIncludeHeadersInOutputOption(builder);
+		writeIncludeHeadersInOutputOption(operation.getRequest(), builder);
 
 		CliOperationRequest request = new CliOperationRequest(operation.getRequest());
 		writeUserOptionIfNecessary(request, builder);
@@ -106,8 +107,8 @@ private void writeCookies(CliOperationRequest request, List<String> lines) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void writeIncludeHeadersInOutputOption(StringBuilder builder) {
-		builder.append("-i");
+	private void writeIncludeHeadersInOutputOption(OperationRequest request, StringBuilder builder) {
+		builder.append(isHeadRequest(request) ? "-I" : "-i");
 	}
 
 	private void writeUserOptionIfNecessary(CliOperationRequest request, StringBuilder builder) {
@@ -118,7 +119,13 @@ private void writeUserOptionIfNecessary(CliOperationRequest request, StringBuild
 	}
 
 	private void writeHttpMethod(OperationRequest request, StringBuilder builder) {
-		builder.append(String.format(" -X %s", request.getMethod()));
+		if (!isHeadRequest(request)) {
+			builder.append(String.format(" -X %s", request.getMethod()));
+		}
+	}
+
+	private boolean isHeadRequest(OperationRequest request) {
+		return HttpMethod.HEAD.equals(request.getMethod());
 	}
 
 	private void writeHeaders(CliOperationRequest request, List<String> lines) {
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/cli/CurlRequestSnippetTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/cli/CurlRequestSnippetTests.java
index 003a749f4..e13ace23e 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/cli/CurlRequestSnippetTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/cli/CurlRequestSnippetTests.java
@@ -45,6 +45,26 @@ void nonGetRequest(OperationBuilder operationBuilder, AssertableSnippets snippet
 				(codeBlock) -> codeBlock.withLanguage("bash").content("$ curl 'http://localhost/foo' -i -X POST"));
 	}
 
+	@RenderedSnippetTest
+	void headRequest(OperationBuilder operationBuilder, AssertableSnippets snippets) throws IOException {
+		new CurlRequestSnippet(this.commandFormatter)
+			.document(operationBuilder.request("http://localhost/foo").method("HEAD").build());
+		assertThat(snippets.curlRequest())
+			.isCodeBlock((codeBlock) -> codeBlock.withLanguage("bash").content("$ curl 'http://localhost/foo' -I"));
+	}
+
+	@RenderedSnippetTest
+	void headRequestWithHeadersAndBasicAuth(OperationBuilder operationBuilder, AssertableSnippets snippets)
+			throws IOException {
+		new CurlRequestSnippet(this.commandFormatter).document(operationBuilder.request("http://localhost/foo")
+			.method("HEAD")
+			.header(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+			.header(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION, "Basic " + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString("user:secret".getBytes()))
+			.build());
+		assertThat(snippets.curlRequest()).isCodeBlock((codeBlock) -> codeBlock.withLanguage("bash")
+			.content("$ curl 'http://localhost/foo' -I -u 'user:secret' -H 'Accept: application/json'"));
+	}
+
 	@RenderedSnippetTest
 	void requestWithContent(OperationBuilder operationBuilder, AssertableSnippets snippets) throws IOException {
 		new CurlRequestSnippet(this.commandFormatter)