diff --git a/admin-guide/configuration/basic/gssproxy_with_keytab.md b/admin-guide/configuration/basic/gssproxy_with_keytab.md
index cd4770ea..7ec2e5e5 100644
--- a/admin-guide/configuration/basic/gssproxy_with_keytab.md
+++ b/admin-guide/configuration/basic/gssproxy_with_keytab.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ After Kerberos for NFS and CIFS is handled transparently and there is no need to
 
 **Note: when the password of the user changes, a new keytab file with the new password needs to be created.**
 
-First you need the user name \($USER) and the user ID \($UID) to prepare the password keytab:
+First you need the user name \(\$USER) and the user ID \(\$UID) to prepare the password keytab:
 
 ```
 $ # ensure it does not exist, else it gets extended