diff --git a/specification/components/examples/AuditEvent.json b/specification/components/examples/AuditEvent.json
index 4caa3cdea..5f4f68645 100644
--- a/specification/components/examples/AuditEvent.json
+++ b/specification/components/examples/AuditEvent.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
       "display": "Access made in the public interest"
     }
   ],
+  "outcomeDesc": "a test alert",
   "recorded": "2020-11-13T00:00:00+00:00",
   "agent":  [
     {