diff --git a/admin-guide/mgmt-tools/bob.rst b/admin-guide/mgmt-tools/bob.rst
index 89e7f656..fa33fca9 100644
--- a/admin-guide/mgmt-tools/bob.rst
+++ b/admin-guide/mgmt-tools/bob.rst
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ root password
 
 The root password can be set with the attribute ``rootpw``. The value
 of the attribute must be the password hash, and can be generated with the command 
-``openssl passwd -6 'this is the password'``
+``openssl passwd -6``
 
 partitions
 ~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/admin-guide/puppet/profiles/local_accounts.rst b/admin-guide/puppet/profiles/local_accounts.rst
index 9d8ffda7..4e945032 100644
--- a/admin-guide/puppet/profiles/local_accounts.rst
+++ b/admin-guide/puppet/profiles/local_accounts.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ the values are hashes containing the usual user properties, ie:
 ``shell``     shell (required)
 ============  ==========================
 
-Ideally encrypt the password has as in chapter "Example: Encrypting password" :ref:`admin-guide/puppet/hiera`
+Ideally the password hash is generated with ``openssl passwd -6`` and then encrypted as in chapter "Example: Encrypting password" :ref:`admin-guide/puppet/hiera`
 
 
 ``users``