diff --git a/docs/publish.md b/docs/publish.md
index a63c61bb..69d162d0 100644
--- a/docs/publish.md
+++ b/docs/publish.md
@@ -2505,10 +2505,10 @@ Here's a simple example:
     ``` powershell
     $uri = "https://ntfy.example.com/mysecrets"
     $credentials = 'username:password'
-    $encodedcredentials = [convert]::ToBase64String([text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($Credentials))
-    $headers = @{Authorization="Basic $encodedcredentials"}
+    $encodedCredentials = [convert]::ToBase64String([text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($credentials))
+    $headers = @{Authorization="Basic $encodedCredentials"}
     $message = "Look ma, with auth"
-    invoke-RestMethod -Uri $uri -Body $message -Headers $headers -Method "Post" -UseBasicParsing
+    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $uri -Body $message -Headers $headers -Method "Post" -UseBasicParsing
     ```
 
 === "Python"
diff --git a/docs/releases.md b/docs/releases.md
index a1bda1d8..a1e1c0ec 100644
--- a/docs/releases.md
+++ b/docs/releases.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ to [@Joeharrison94](https://github.com/Joeharrison94) for the input.
 
 * Improved caddy configuration (no ticket, thanks to @Stnby)
 * Additional multi-line examples on the [publish page](https://ntfy.sh/docs/publish/) ([#234](https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/pull/234), thanks to [@aTable](https://github.com/aTable))
+* Fixed PowerShell auth example to use UTF-8 ([#242](https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/pull/242), thanks to [@SMAW](https://github.com/SMAW))
 
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