diff --git a/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1918.clarification b/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1918.clarification
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff9274d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/server_server/newsfragments/1918.clarification
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove `origin` field from PDU example because it doesn't exist in the schema anymore.
diff --git a/data/api/server-server/examples/unsigned_pdu_base.json b/data/api/server-server/examples/unsigned_pdu_base.json
index 4826ccefc..079ee1eae 100644
--- a/data/api/server-server/examples/unsigned_pdu_base.json
+++ b/data/api/server-server/examples/unsigned_pdu_base.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "room_id": "!UcYsUzyxTGDxLBEvLy:example.org",
     "sender": "@alice:example.com",
-    "origin": "example.com",
     "origin_server_ts": 1404838188000,
     "depth": 12,
     "auth_events": [