diff --git a/admin-guide/mgmt-tools/bob.rst b/admin-guide/mgmt-tools/bob.rst
index 52b7f511..1e0c7a56 100644
--- a/admin-guide/mgmt-tools/bob.rst
+++ b/admin-guide/mgmt-tools/bob.rst
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ 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 -1 "this is the password"``
+``openssl passwd -6 "this is the password"``
 
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